Lok Sabha Question No. 250 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-21
Subject: Mission Vatsalya
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shankar Lalwani, Arvind Kumar Sharma, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.250

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2023

## MISSION VATSALYA

- †250.  SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI: DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA: DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken by the Government to promote Mission Vatsalya;
- (b) the number of children registered under the said Mission, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the details of the breastfeeding counselling centres, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a)        :  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  implementing  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme namely 'Mission Vatsalya' (erstwhile Child Protection Services Scheme), through the State/ UT Governments on cost sharing basis between the Central and the State Governments for delivering services for children in difficult circumstances which include institutional care and non-institutional care services. The Government is committed to provide security net of statutory and service delivery structures to the children in need of care and protection and children in conflict  with  law.  The  Child  Care  Institutions (CCIs)  established  under the  Mission  Vatsalya scheme support inter-alia age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health  care,  counselling  etc.   Support  under  non-institutional  care  is  provided  by  way  of sponsorship, foster care and after care to children in need of care and protection. The Ministry has issued Guidelines to the States/UTs on 05.07.2022 for implementation of Mission Vatsalya Scheme.

The Ministry conducted 'Zonal and Sub-Zonal Meet Outreach Programme on 8 Years Achievement' with States/UTs on 02.04.2022 (Chandigarh), 04.04.2022 (Bengaluru), 09.04.2022 (Guwahati), 12.04.2022 (Mumbai), 13.04.2022 (Bhubaneshwar) and 04.07.2022 (Hyderabad).   The  Ministry  also   conducted  'National  Dissemination Workshop  on  Juvenile Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of  Children)  Act,  2015,  Protection  of  Children  from  Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and the rules thereunder and the Adoption Regulations, 2017' including implementation of Mission Vatsalya Scheme  on  17.08.2022  and  29.08.2022  with  all States/UTs, line Ministries and other stakeholders.  Regional Symposium on 'Child Protection, Child Safety and Child Welfare' have also been organised in Delhi on 02.07.2023 and in Bhopal on 09.07.2023.

The Mission Vatsalya scheme provides strategy for convergence for ensuring efficient and  effective  delivery  of  services  through  schemes  and  programmes  of  line  Ministries/ Departments in order to realize desired outcomes of child welfare, safety and protection. The Ministry regularly follows up with the State/ UT Governments and various advisories have been sent so as to ensure the effective implementation of Mission Vatsalya Scheme.

- (b): State/UT-wise  number  of  children  registered  under  Institutional  Care  and  NonInstitutional Care of the Mission Vatsalya Scheme is at Annexure-I.
- (c) : Mission Vatsalya Scheme has no provision of breastfeeding counselling centres.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.250 FOR ANSWER ON 21.07.2023 BY SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI, DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA AND DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL

## STATE/UT-WISE NUMBER OF CHILDREN REGISTERED UNDER THE MISSION VATSALYA SCHEME (AS ON 31.03.2023)

| S. No.   | State                                |   Number of Beneficiaries under Institutional Care |   Number of Beneficiaries under Non-Institutional Care |   Total Beneficiaries |
|----------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       |                                               1504 |                                                   9150 |                 10654 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                                                206 |                                                    840 |                  1046 |
| 3        | Assam                                |                                               1380 |                                                    858 |                  2238 |
| 4        | Bihar                                |                                               2088 |                                                    504 |                  2592 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         |                                               1974 |                                                    288 |                  2262 |
| 6        | Goa                                  |                                                526 |                                                     27 |                   553 |
| 7        | Gujarat                              |                                               1651 |                                                    506 |                  2157 |
| 8        | Haryana                              |                                               1239 |                                                   5155 |                  6394 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                     |                                                805 |                                                   1347 |                  2152 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir                    |                                                817 |                                                   1398 |                  2215 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                            |                                               1219 |                                                   3086 |                  4305 |
| 12       | Karnataka                            |                                               3182 |                                                   3875 |                  7057 |
| 13       | Kerala                               |                                                697 |                                                   1133 |                  1830 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                       |                                               2292 |                                                   2377 |                  4669 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                          |                                               3654 |                                                   9844 |                 13498 |
| 16       | Manipur                              |                                               2121 |                                                   1120 |                  3241 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                            |                                                972 |                                                   1028 |                  2000 |
| 18       | Mizoram                              |                                                914 |                                                    591 |                  1505 |
| 19       | Nagaland                             |                                                493 |                                                    752 |                  1245 |
| 20       | Odisha                               |                                               4153 |                                                   1772 |                  5925 |
| 21       | Punjab                               |                                                607 |                                                    612 |                  1219 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                            |                                               2560 |                                                    239 |                  2799 |
| 23       | Sikkim                               |                                                526 |                                                    323 |                   849 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                           |                                               7785 |                                                   2975 |                 10760 |
| 25       | Tripura                              |                                                829 |                                                    305 |                  1134 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                        |                                               3238 |                                                   1766 |                  5004 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                          |                                                700 |                                                    847 |                  1547 |
| 28       | West Bengal                          |                                               6220 |                                                   1670 |                  7890 |
| 29       | Telangana                            |                                               1129 |                                                   6454 |                  7583 |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar                    |                                                308 |                                                      0 |                   308 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                           |                                                202 |                                                    199 |                   401 |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                                                 28 |                                                    519 |                   547 |
| 33       | Ladakh                               |                                                 25 |                                                     29 |                    54 |
| 34       | Lakshadweep                          |                                                  0 |                                                      0 |                     0 |
| 35       | Delhi                                |                                               1206 |                                                    980 |                  2186 |
| 36       | Puducherry                           |                                                690 |                                                    106 |                   796 |
| Total    | Total                                |                                              57940 |                                                  62675 |                120615 |

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