Lok Sabha Question No. 3193 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-13
Subject: Status of Orphanages
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3193 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2024

## STATUS OF ORPHANAGES

## 3193.  SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Orphanages in the country along with the inmates living therein, State/UT wise;
- (b) whether the Government has taken any steps to identify the orphanages in the country particularly in rural areas;
- (c) if so, the number of orphanages identified during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise, year-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to introduce any new scheme for the education and development of the children living in the orphanages; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a)  to  (e):  The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  administering  the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act, 2015) which is the primary legislation for ensuring safety, security, dignity and well-being of Children in Need of Care and Protection (CNCP) and Children in Conflict with Law (CCL) by catering  to  their  basic  needs  through care,  protection,  development,  treatment, rehabilitation and social re-integration.

The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  implementing  a  Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely 'Mission Vatsalya', through the State/ Union Territory (UT) Governments on pre-defined cost sharing basis between the Central and the State Governments to deliver various services for CNCP and CCL categories which includes  both  institutional  care  and  non-institutional  care  services.  The  scheme provides  services  to  the  children  in  need  of  care  and  protection  and  children  in conflict with law for their rehabilitation and social re-integration into the mainstream of the society.

The Child Care Institutions 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.

State/UT-wise  number  of  the  Child  Care  Institutions  supported  under  Mission Vatsalya Scheme during the last three years and current year is at Annexure-I. State/UT-wise  number  of  children  supported  under  institutional  care  of  Mission

Vatsalya Scheme during the last three years and current year is at Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTs  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3193 FOR ANSWER ON 13.12.2024 BY SHRI  MANSUKHBHAI  DHANJIBHAI  VASAVA  REGARDING  STATUS  OF ORPHANAGES

STATE/UT-WISE NUMBER OF THE CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS SUPPORTED UNDER MISSION VATSALYA SCHEME DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR

| S. No.   | State/UTs                            |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       |        92 |        84 |        98 |        98 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |         8 |        11 |        11 |        14 |
| 3        | Assam                                |        64 |        67 |        60 |        84 |
| 4        | Bihar                                |        80 |        78 |        89 |       107 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         |        85 |        83 |        85 |       110 |
| 6        | Goa                                  |        23 |        25 |        25 |        22 |
| 7        | Gujarat                              |        81 |        78 |        76 |        93 |
| 8        | Haryana                              |        50 |        49 |        31 |        31 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                     |        37 |        38 |        31 |        59 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir                    |        16 |        39 |        55 |        71 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                            |        50 |        50 |        49 |        60 |
| 12       | Karnataka                            |       164 |       154 |       154 |       212 |
| 13       | Kerala                               |        41 |        47 |        45 |        45 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                       |       103 |       104 |       101 |       131 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                          |       107 |       112 |       107 |       126 |
| 16       | Manipur                              |        81 |        86 |        86 |        91 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                            |        52 |        54 |        54 |        61 |
| 18       | Mizoram                              |        49 |        49 |        60 |        67 |
| 19       | Nagaland                             |        43 |        44 |        44 |        57 |
| 20       | Orissa                               |       130 |       140 |       135 |       143 |
| 21       | Punjab                               |        25 |        27 |        27 |        42 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                            |       159 |       156 |       141 |       182 |
| 23       | Sikkim                               |        22 |        23 |        23 |        28 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                           |       225 |       221 |       320 |       318 |
| 25       | Telangana                            |        56 |        62 |        63 |        92 |
| 26       | Tripura                              |        33 |        34 |        31 |        41 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh                        |       104 |       100 |       108 |       245 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand                          |        32 |        33 |        36 |        46 |
| 29       | West Bengal                          |       137 |       164 |       207 |       216 |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            |        12 |        10 |        10 |        10 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                           |         8 |         8 |         9 |         9 |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |         4 |         4 |         4 |         5 |
| 33       | Ladakh                               |         0 |         1 |         7 |        13 |
| 34       | Lakshadweep                          |         1 |         1 |         0 |         0 |
| 35       | Delhi                                |        42 |        39 |        39 |        51 |
| 36       | Puducherry                           |        29 |        30 |        29 |        30 |
| Total    | Total                                |      2245 |      2305 |      2450 |      3010 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTs (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3193 FOR ANSWER ON 13.12.2024 BY SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA REGARDING STATUS OF ORPHANAGES

STATE/UT-WISE NUMBER OF THE CHILDREN SUPPORTED UNDER INSTITUTIONAL CARE  OF  MISSION  VATSALYA  SCHEME  DURING  THE  LAST  THREE  YEARS  AND CURRENT YEAR

| S. No.   | State/UTs                            |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       |      3069 |      1504 |      1546 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |       147 |       206 |       206 |
| 3        | Assam                                |      1378 |      1380 |      1241 |
| 4        | Bihar                                |      2372 |      2088 |      2227 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         |      2167 |      1974 |      1843 |
| 6        | Goa                                  |       685 |       526 |       461 |
| 7        | Gujarat                              |      1299 |      1651 |      3195 |
| 8        | Haryana                              |      1786 |      1239 |       963 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                     |      1147 |       805 |       926 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir                    |       579 |       817 |      1104 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                            |      1537 |      1219 |      1238 |
| 12       | Karnataka                            |      3974 |      3182 |      3110 |
| 13       | Kerala                               |      1380 |       697 |       776 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                       |      2982 |      2292 |      2597 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                          |      3468 |      3654 |      3495 |
| 16       | Manipur                              |      1980 |      2121 |      2295 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                            |       915 |       972 |      1031 |
| 18       | Mizoram                              |       776 |       914 |      1172 |
| 19       | Nagaland                             |       597 |       493 |       562 |
| 20       | Orissa                               |      7077 |      4153 |      4431 |
| 21       | Punjab                               |       685 |       607 |       533 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                            |      3670 |      2560 |      2733 |
| 23       | Sikkim                               |       534 |       526 |       468 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                           |     13877 |      7785 |     10118 |
| 25       | Telangana                            |      2822 |      1129 |      2243 |
| 26       | Tripura                              |       875 |       829 |       948 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh                        |      4722 |      3238 |      3226 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand                          |       457 |       700 |       589 |
| 29       | West Bengal                          |      6494 |      6220 |      4744 |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar                    |       301 |       308 |       274 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                           |       153 |       202 |       222 |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |         5 |        28 |        36 |
| 33       | Ladakh                               |         0 |        25 |        84 |
| 34       | Lakshadweep                          |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 35       | Delhi                                |      1835 |      1206 |      1216 |
| 36       | Puducherry                           |       373 |       690 |       739 |
| Total    | Total                                |     76118 |     57940 |     62592 |

In 2024-25, currently same number of children are supported as previous year.

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