Lok Sabha Question No. 930 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-29
Subject: Children in Juvenile Homes
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: CH. MALLA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 930 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.04.2016

## CHILDREN IN JUVENILE HOMES

- 930: SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY:
- Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be please to state: (a) whether the Government has estimated the number of children who have been put in Juvenile Homes in each State; (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; (c) the number of rehabilitation centres established to help drug addicted children in conflict with law under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 in the country, State/UTwise; and the funds sanctioned, released and utilised by the States/UTs in this regard during each of the last
- (d) three years and the current year, States/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

(a)  & (b): According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs, the number of juveniles apprehended for various offences including heinous offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special  &  Local  Laws  (SLL)  during  the  year  2014  were  48,230  and  out  of  which  8,700  were  sent  to Observation Homes and Special Homes. State/UT-wise details is Annexed.

(c): The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely, Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) under which financial assistance is provided to State Governments/UT Administrations for construction and maintenance of various types of Homes, including Observation  and  Special  Homes  for  children  in  conflict  with  law.    The  scheme  also  provides  additional financial  support  to  the  State/UTs  for  institutions  having  children  with  special  needs  including  children affected  by  substance  abuse.  No  such  data  regarding  rehabilitation  centres  established  to  help  drug addicted children in conflict with law under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 in  the  country  is  maintained  centrally,  however  a  total  of  356  homes  for  children  in  conflict  with  law  are supported under ICPS.

(d): Does not arise.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No  930 for 29.04.2016 raised by Shri Ch. Malla Reddy regarding Children in Juvenile Homes.

## The details of number of children were sent to Observation Homes and Special State/UT-wise

| S. No.            | S. No.            | STATES/UTs        | 2014   |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------|
| 1                 | 1                 | Andhra Pradesh    | 109    |
| 2                 | 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh | 15     |
| 3                 | 3                 | Assam             | 17     |
| 4                 | 4                 | Bihar             | 640    |
| 5                 | 5                 | Chhattisgarh      | 978    |
| 6                 | 6                 | Goa               | 51     |
| 7                 | 7                 | Gujarat           | 154    |
| 8                 | 8                 | Haryana           | 125    |
| 9                 | 9                 | Himachal Pradesh  | 18     |
| 10                | 10                | Jammu & Kashmir   | 2      |
| 11                | 11                | Jharkhand         | 50     |
| 12                | 12                | Karnataka         | 146    |
| 13                | 13                | Kerala            | 188    |
| 14                | 14                | Madhya Pradesh    | 347    |
| 15                | 15                | Maharashtra       | 1549   |
| 16                | 16                | Manipur           | 36     |
| 17                | 17                | Meghalaya         | 87     |
| 18                | 18                | Mizoram           | 20     |
| 19                | 19                | Nagaland          | 10     |
| 20                | 20                | Odisha            | 416    |
| 21                | 21                | Punjab            | 164    |
| 22                | 22                | Rajasthan         | 1411   |
| 23                | 23                | Sikkim            | 1      |
| 24                | 24                | Tamil Nadu        | 394    |
| 25                | 25                | Telangana         | 122    |
| 26                | 26                | Tripura           | 5      |
| 27                | 27                | Uttar Pradesh     | 1049   |
| 28                | 28                | Uttarakhand       | 4      |
| 29                | 29                | West Bengal       | 163    |
|                   |                   | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 8271   |
| UNION TERRITORIES | UNION TERRITORIES | UNION TERRITORIES |        |
| 30                | A & N Islands     | A & N Islands     | 0      |
| 31                | Chandigarh        | Chandigarh        | 35     |
| 32                | D&N Haveli        | D&N Haveli        | 6      |
| 33                | Daman & Diu       | Daman & Diu       | 0      |
| 34                | Delhi UT          | Delhi UT          | 382    |
| 35                | Lakshadweep       | Lakshadweep       | 0      |
| 36                | Puducherry        | Puducherry        | 6      |
|                   | TOTAL UT(S)       | TOTAL UT(S)       | 429    |
| TOTAL (ALL        | INDIA)            | INDIA)            | 8700   |

(Source :Crime in India)