Lok Sabha Question No. 332 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-26
Subject: Human Trafficking
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.332

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  APRIL, 2016/ VAISAKHA 6, 1938 (SAKA) HUMAN TRAFFICKING

332. SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of cases of human trafficking reported during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

- (b)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government to stop human trafficking in the country specially from backward and poor tribal regions; and
- (c)  the  details  of  rehabilitation  guidelines  and  schemes  for  those rescued from human traffickers?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

(a):  As  per  the  information  provided  by  the  National  Crime  Records Bureau(NCRB), a total 3554, 3940 and 5466 cases of  human trafficking  were  reported  during  2012,  2013  and  2014,  respectively, which  include cases  reported under section  370  &  370A  IPC, procuration of minor girls (section 366A IPC), importation of girls from foreign country (section 366B IPC), selling of minors for prostitution (section 372 IPC), buying of minors for prostitution (Section 373 IPC) and  the  Immoral  Traffic  (P)  Act).    State/UT  wise  details  are  at Annexure I.

## LS.US.Q.NO.332 FOR 26.04.2016

(b):  The  Government  of  India  has  taken  various  steps  to  combat human trafficking and has adopted a multi-pronged approach alongwith concerned Ministries and stakeholders, as detailed below:-

- (i) Enactment  of  Criminal  Law  (Amendment)  Act,  2013,  wherein Section 370 of the Indian Penal Code has been substituted with Section 370 and 370A of IPC which provide for comprehensive measures to counter the menace of Human Trafficking.
- (ii) Establishment of Anti Human Trafficking Units(AHTUs) in 234 districts of the country.
- (iii) Issued following advisories on Human  Trafficking to all States/UTs:
-  Advisory  for  preventing  crime  of  human  trafficking    dated 9.9.2009.
-  Advisory  on  missing  children  -  measures  needed  to  prevent trafficking and trace the children - dated 31.1.2012
-  Advisory on Human Trafficking as Organised Crime dated 30.4. 2012.

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## LS.US.Q.NO.332 FOR 26.04.2016

-  Advisory  on  Preventing  and  combating  human  trafficking  in India-dealing with foreign nationals dated 1.5. 2012
-  Standard  Operation  Procedure  (SOP)  to  handle  trafficking  of children for child labour dated 12.8.2013

These  advisories  are  available  at  MHA's  Web  Portal  on  Anti Human Trafficking (www.stophumantrafficking-mha.nic.in).

- (iv) Organization of periodic meetings with Nodal Officers of AHTUs and concerned Ministries to review the efforts taken to combat Human Trafficking.

(c):  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  has  formulated  a comprehensive  scheme  -  Ujjawala  for  Prevention  of  Trafficking  for Rescue, Rehabilitation and Re-integration of Victims of Trafficking for Commercial Sexual Exploitation  to  facilitate  rescue  of  victims  from the  place  of  their  exploitation  and  place  them  in  safe  custody  and provide rehabilitation services

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Annexure-I State/UT wise Cases Reported(CR), Cases Chargesheeted(CCS), Cases Convicted(CON),  Persons Arrested(PAR), Persons Chargesheeted(PCST) and Persons Convicted(PCVT) under Total Human

## Trafficking#  during 2012-2014

|    |                   | 2012   | 2012     | 2012     | 2012    | 2012      |      |      |     |      |           |      |      | 2014*   | 2014*   | 2014*   | 2014*   | 2014*   |
|----|-------------------|--------|----------|----------|---------|-----------|------|------|-----|------|-----------|------|------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| SL | State/UT          | CR     | CCS      | CON      | PART    | PCST PCVT | CR   | CCS  | CON | PART | PCST      | PCVT | CR   | CCS     | CON     | PART    | PCST    | PCVT    |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 506    | 533      | 221 1399 | 1431    | 308       | 531  | 472  | 50  | 1467 | 1385      | 318  | 365  | 383     | 12      | 648     | 726     | 57      |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh | 1      | 0        | 0        | 1 0     | 0         | 2    | 1    | 0   | 1    | 1         | 0    | 2    | 2       | 0       | 10      | 9       | 0       |
| 3  | Assam             | 154    | 114 1    | 175      | 129     | 1         | 149  | 101  | 4   | 166  | 116       | 4    | 407  | 115     | 9       | 412     | 119     | 9       |
| 4  | Bihar             | 99     | 61       | 20 176   | 117     | 25        | 267  | 139  | 21  | 337  | 252       | 30   | 395  | 257     | 13      | 441     | 368     | 18      |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      | 18     | 21 20    | 40       | 41      | 10        | 53   | 33   | 0   | 70   | 67        | 0    | 51   | 41      | 2       | 112     | 108     | 4       |
| 6  | Goa               | 40     | 9 2      | 100      | 26      | 3         | 28   | 18   | 0   | 66   | 54        | 0    | 23   | 19      | 1       | 80      | 95      | 1       |
| 7  | Gujarat           | 63     | 43       | 2 150    | 120     | 3         | 78   | 91   | 4   | 170  | 202       | 13   | 56   | 53      | 0       | 149     | 143     | 0       |
| 8  | Haryana           | 69     | 69 20    | 303      | 290     | 77        | 67   | 72   | 16  | 354  | 416       | 75   | 356  | 277     | 29      | 646     | 600     | 107     |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  | 9      | 7 0      | 22       | 17      | 0         | 5    | 4    | 1   | 29   | 20        | 1    | 9    | 6       | 0       | 27      | 24      | 0       |
| 10 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 3      | 4        | 0 13     | 13      | 0         | 2    | 3    | 0   | 15   | 15        | 0    | 1    | 1       | 0       | 6       | 6       | 0       |
| 11 | Jharkhand         | 43     | 40 2     | 51       | 42      | 8         | 37   | 27   | 4   | 48   | 59        | 19   | 184  | 80      | 3       | 153     | 90      | 3       |
| 12 | Karnataka         | 412    | 290 100  | 1258     | 1188    | 241       | 412  | 345  | 58  | 1138 | 971       | 178  | 472  | 420     | 80      | 1314    | 1059    | 243     |
| 13 | Kerala            | 220    | 228      | 105 335  | 355     | 146       | 195  | 177  | 84  | 349  | 297       | 107  | 155  | 148     | 98      | 347     | 315     | 122     |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 45     | 49 10    | 112      | 117     | 43        | 53   | 45   | 12  | 137  | 129       | 41   | 74   | 71      | 15      | 267     | 263     | 60      |
| 15 | Maharashtra       | 403    | 354 20   | 1700     | 1406    | 44        | 345  | 337  | 21  | 1052 | 1103      | 96   | 360  | 323     | 45      | 966     | 949     | 82      |
| 16 | Manipur           | 32     | 0        | 0        | 0 0     | 0         | 22   | 0    | 0   | 0    | 0         | 0    | 3    | 0       | 0       | 1       | 0       | 0       |
| 17 | Meghalaya         | 7      | 2        | 0 20     | 2       | 0         | 12   | 4    | 0   | 22   | 12        | 0    | 17   | 11      | 0       | 18      | 12      | 0       |
| 18 | Mizoram           | 1      | 0        | 2        | 0 0     | 2         | 0    | 6    | 4   | 5    | 5         | 4    | 0    | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0       |
| 19 | Nagaland          | 4      | 4        | 2 26     | 28      | 24        | 1    | 0    | 2   | 1    | 0         | 3    | 4    | 2       | 0       | 4       | 2       | 0       |
| 20 | Odisha            | 29     | 29       | 1 93     | 87      | 3         | 106  | 60   | 2   | 149  | 163       | 5    | 152  | 61      | 1       | 138     | 125     | 1       |
| 21 | Punjab            | 86     | 68       | 11 402   | 311     | 58        | 138  | 93   | 13  | 580  | 390       | 50   | 77   | 60      | 16      | 356     | 293     | 41      |
| 22 | Rajasthan         | 120    | 110      | 20 371   | 378     | 47        | 130  | 103  | 19  | 321  | 326       | 57   | 180  | 133     | 81      | 506     | 444     | 420     |
| 23 | Sikkim            | 0      | 2        | 4        | 0 5     | 8         | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0    | 0         | 0    | 2    | 0       | 0       | 6       | 0       | 0       |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu        | 528    | 333 153  | 968      | 720     | 332       | 549  | 573  | 317 | 1055 | 905       | 446  | 509  | 637     | 494     | 935     | 999     | 834     |
| 25 | Telangana         | -      | - -      | -        | -       | -         | -    | -    | -   | -    | -         | -    | 398  | 370     | 74      | 1119    | 919     | 76      |
| 26 | Tripura           | 0      | 0        | 0        | 0 0     | 0         | 0    | 1    | 0   | 1    | 1         | 0    | 0    | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0       |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh     | 51     | 47       | 13 221   | 206     | 74        | 37   | 37   | 24  | 268  | 251       | 122  | 43   | 37      | 24      | 235     | 216     | 159     |
| 28 | Uttarakhand       | 19     | 12       | 3 65     | 48      | 15        | 14   | 16   | 3   | 72   | 86        | 8    | 24   | 24      | 1       | 91      | 88      | 1       |
| 29 | West Bengal       | 549    | 391      | 20       | 743 613 | 46        | 669  | 478  | 17  | 854  | 818       | 23   | 1096 | 907     | 14      | 1681    | 1219    | 19      |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 3511   | 2820 752 | 8744     | 7690    | 1518      | 3902 | 3236 | 676 | 8727 | 8044      | 1600 | 5415 | 4438    | 1012    | 10668   | 9191    | 2257    |
| 30 | A &NIslands       | 2      | 6        | 0 16     | 27      | 0         | 4    | 6    | 0   | 18   | 37        | 0    | 12   | 8       | 0       | 40      | 23      | 0       |
| 31 | Chandigarh        | 0      | 0        |          | 0 5     | 0         | 6    | 2    | 0   | 28   | 13        | 0    | 1    | 4       | 0       | 3       | 18      | 0       |
| 32 | D&N Haveli        | 2      | 1 3      | 0 12     | 12      | 0         | 2    | 2    | 0   | 14   | 14        | 0    | 1    | 1       | 0       | 7       | 11      | 0       |
| 33 | Daman &Diu        | 3      | 5        | 0 24     | 29      | 0         | 6    | 5    | 0   | 32   | 24        | 0    | 8    | 11      | 0       | 49      | 59      | 0       |
| 34 | Delhi UT          | 32     | 25       | 32       | 110 88  | 86        | 20   | 24   | 24  | 50   | 70        | 78   | 27   | 26      | 17      | 40      | 51      | 66      |
| 35 | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0 0      | 0        | 0       | 0         | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0    | 0         | 0    | 0    | 0       | 0       |         | 0 0     | 0       |
| 36 | Puducherry        | 4      | 0        | 2 21     | 0       | 7         |      | 2    | 2   | 0    | 9         | 10   | 2    | 1       | 17      | 143     | 3       | 0       |
|    | TOTAL UT(S)       | 43     | 40       | 34       | 183     | 161 93    | 0 38 | 41   | 26  | 142  | 167       | 88   | 51   | 51      | 0       | 4       | 165     | 66      |
|    | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 3554   | 2860     | 786      | 8927    | 7851 1611 | 3940 | 3277 |     | 702  | 8869 8211 | 1688 | 5466 | 4489    | 1029    | 10811   | 9356    | 2323    |

Source: Crime in India

* also include cases reported under (section 370 & 370A IPC)

Disposal of cases/persons by police/courts may includes cases/persons of previous years also.

# include cases under section 370 & 370A IPC, Procuration of minor girls (section 366A IPC), Importation of girls from foreign country (section 366B IPC),

Selling of minors for prostitution (section 372 IPC), Buying of minors for prostitution (section 373 IPC) and The Immoral Traffic (P) Act