Lok Sabha Question No. 401 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Human Trafficking
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO, RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, VASANTHI M., Shrirang Appa Barne, A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, DHARMENDRA YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 401

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1ST  DECEMBER, 2015/AGRAHAYANA 10, 1937 (SAKA)

## HUMAN TRAFFICKING

401. SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO:

SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRIMATI VASANTHI M.:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

## Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number  of human  trafficking cases registered, children/women rescued,  gang  busted,  guilty  arrested,  convicted,  cases  solved,  conviction  rate achieved and the steps taken to solve all the cases during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Supreme  Court  has  directed  the  State  Governments  and  UT Administrations  to  share  the  cases  of  human  trafficking  and  sexual  harassment registered from 2014 to 30th September, 2015 with the Union Government, if so, the details and present status thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has any proposal to constitute a high powered Inter Ministerial Committee in this regard and also create a database of persons involved in human trafficking and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has signed any agreement/Memorandum of Understanding  with  other  countries  including  Nepal  and  UAE  to  check  human trafficking and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  other  corrective  steps  taken to  stop  such  cases  along  with the  details  of advisories issued to the States and police departments in this regard and the extent to which success has been achieved through the said measures?

## ANSWER

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

(a) As  per  the  inputs  provided  by  the  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB), State/UT-wise  details  of  cases  reported,  cases  charge-sheeted,  cases  convicted, cases conviction rate, persons arrested, persons charge-sheeted and persons convicted under human trafficking during the year 2012 to 2014 is at Annexure-I and State-UT wise details for the year 2015 is at Annexure-II.

State-UT  wise  details  of  children  (below  18  years)  and  women  rescued  during  the period  2014-15  is  at  Annexure-III.    Data  with  reference  to  gangs  busted  is  not maintained separately.

'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  as  per  the  Seventh  Schedule  of  the Constitution of India and as such registration, investigation and prevention of crime is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments.

(b) As per the directions of Hon'ble Supreme Court in the matter of Writ Petition No. 56/2004 filed by Prajwala Vs Union of India & others regarding protection, rescue and rehabilitation of commercially and sexually exploited women and children, the NCRB has  compiled  the  data  from  State  Governments/UT  Administrations  in  respect  of cases reported under Section 370 and 370A of Indian Penal Code and Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 during 2014 and upto 30th September, 2015.  State-wise details are  at  Annexure-IV.  The  same  has  been  incorporated  in  the  affidavit  filed  in  the Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  by  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  alonwith  the inputs provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

(c) An inter-Ministerial Committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development has been constituted for preparing a comprehensive legislation on various aspects of Human Trafficking. Details of the Committee are at Annexure-V.

(d) A  Memorandum of  Understanding  between  India  and  Bangladesh  on  Bi-lateral Cooperation  for  Prevention  of  Human  Trafficking  in  Women  and  Children,  Rescue, Recovery, Repatriation and Re-integration of Victims of Trafficking was signed on 6th June, 2015.  Negotiations with UAE were held on bilateral cooperation for prevention of Human Trafficking on 1st November, 2015.

(e) 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.

## L.S.U.S.Q.No. 401 for 01.12.2015

- (ii) Establishment  of  Anti  Human  Trafficking  Units(AHTUs)  in  225  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 preventing and combating Human Trafficking during Commonwealth Games dated 10.9.2010.
-  Advisory  on  enrolment  of  police  officials  in  IGNOU  certificate  course  on  Anti Human Trafficking dated 12.1.2011.
-  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.
-  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
-  Advisory on MHA Web Portal on Anti Human Trafficking - dated 5.5.2014
-  Advisory for associating SSB and BSF in crime meetings dated 23.7.2015
- 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.
- (v) The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  in  2007  launched  the  scheme 'Ujjawala'  -  A  comprehensive  Scheme  for  Prevention  of  Trafficking  and  Rescue, Rehabilitation, Re-integration and Repatriation of Victims of Trafficking.
- (vi) Ministry of Railways has issued a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in accordance with the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection Act) 2000 and the related rules, to ensure care and protection of children in contact with railways.

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## State/UT wise Cases Reported(CR), Cases Chargesheeted(CCS), Cases Trial Completed(CTC), Cases Convicted(CON),  CVR (convictio Convicted(PCVT) under Total Human Trafficking during 2012-2

|    |                        | 2012   | 2012   | 2012   | 2012   | 2012       | 2012   | 2012   | 2012   |      |      |      |     |       |       |
|----|------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------------|--------|--------|--------|------|------|------|-----|-------|-------|
| L  | State/UT               | CR     | CCS    | CTC    | CON    | CVR        | PART   | PCST   | PCVT   | CR   | CCS  | CTC  | CON | CVR   | PART  |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh         | 506    | 533    | 694    | 221    | 31.8       | 1399   | 1431   | 308    | 531  | 472  | 361  | 50  | 13.9  | 1467  |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -          | 1      | 0      | 0      | 2    | 1    | 1    | 0   | 0.0   | 1     |
| 3  | Assam                  | 154    | 114    | 27     | 1      | 3.7        | 175    | 129    | 1      | 149  | 101  | 86   | 4   | 4.7   | 166   |
| 4  | Bihar                  | 99     | 61     | 165    | 20     | 12.1       | 176    | 117    | 25     | 267  | 139  | 92   | 21  | 22.8  | 337   |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh           | 18     | 21     | 33     | 20     | 60.6       | 40     | 41     | 10     | 53   | 33   | 11   | 0   | 0.0   | 70    |
| 6  | Goa                    | 40     | 9      | 4      | 2      | 50.0       | 100    | 26     | 3      | 28   | 18   | 8    | 0   | 0.0   | 66    |
| 7  | Gujarat                | 63     | 43     | 10     | 2      | 20.0       | 150    | 120    | 3      | 78   | 91   | 12   | 4   | 33.3  | 170   |
| 8  | Haryana                | 69     | 69     | 113    | 20     | 17.7       | 303    | 290    | 77     | 67   | 72   | 74   | 16  | 21.6  | 354   |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh       | 9      | 7      | 4      | 0      | 0.0        | 22     | 17     | 0      | 5    | 4    | 3    | 1   | 33.3  | 29    |
| 10 | Kashmir                | 3      | 4      | 4      | 0      | 0.0        | 13     | 13     | 0      | 2    | 3    | 5    | 0   | 0.0   | 15    |
| 11 | Jharkhand              | 43     | 40     | 33     | 2      | 6.1        | 51     | 42     | 8      | 37   | 27   | 22   | 4   | 18.2  | 48    |
| 12 | Karnataka              | 412    | 290    | 296    | 100    | 33.8       | 1258   | 1188   | 241    | 412  | 345  | 230  | 58  | 25.2  | 1138  |
| 13 | Kerala                 | 220    | 228    | 193    | 105    | 54.4       | 335    | 355    | 146    | 195  | 177  | 125  | 84  | 67.2  | 349   |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh         | 45     | 49     | 40     | 10     | 25.0       | 112    | 117    | 43     | 53   | 45   | 37   | 12  | 32.4  | 137   |
| 15 | Maharashtra            | 403    | 354    | 65     | 20     | 30.8       | 1700   | 1406   | 44     | 345  | 337  | 81   | 21  | 25.9  | 1052  |
| 16 | Manipur                | 32     | 0      | 0      | 0      | -          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 22   | 0    | 0    | 0   | -     | 0     |
| 17 | Meghalaya              | 7      | 2      | 0      | 0      | -          | 20     | 2      | 0      | 12   | 4    | 0    | 0   | -     | 22    |
| 18 | Mizoram                | 1      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 100.0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0    | 6    | 5    | 4   | 80.0  | 5     |
| 19 | Nagaland               | 4      | 4      | 2      | 2      | 100.0      | 26     | 28     | 24     | 1    | 0    | 2    | 2   | 100.0 | 1     |
| 20 | Odisha                 | 29     | 29     | 18     | 1      | 5.6        | 93     | 87     | 3      | 106  | 60   | 14   | 2   | 14.3  | 149   |
| 21 | Punjab                 | 86     | 68     | 47     | 11     | 23.4       | 402    | 311    | 58     | 138  | 93   | 58   | 13  | 22.4  | 580   |
| 22 | Rajasthan              | 120    | 110    | 39     | 20     | 51.3       | 371    | 378    | 47     | 130  | 103  | 40   | 19  | 47.5  | 321   |
| 23 | Sikkim                 | 0      | 2      | 6      | 4      | 66.7       | 0      | 5      | 8      | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0   | -     | 0     |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu             | 528    | 333    | 238    | 153    | 64.3       | 968    | 720    | 332    | 549  | 573  | 494  | 317 | 64.2  | 1055  |
| 25 | Telangana              | NE     | NE     | NE     | NE     | NE         | NE     | NE     | NE     | NE   | NE   | NE   | NE  | NE    | NE    |
| 26 | Tripura                | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0    | 1    | 0    | 0   | -     | 1     |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh          | 51     | 47     | 17     | 13     | 76.5       | 221    | 206    | 74     | 37   | 37   | 32   | 24  | 75.0  | 268   |
| 28 | Uttarakhand            | 19     | 12     | 3      | 3      | 100.0      | 65     | 48     | 15     | 14   | 16   | 5    | 3   | 60.0  | 72    |
| 29 | West Bengal            | 549    | 391    | 87     | 20     | 23.0       | 743    | 613    | 46     | 669  | 478  | 74   | 17  | 23.0  | 854   |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)         | 3511   | 2820   | 2140   | 752    | 35.1       | 8744   | 7690   | 1518   | 3902 | 3236 | 1872 | 676 | 36.1  | 8727  |
| 30 | A & N Islands          | 2      | 6      | 0      | 0      | -          | 16     | 27     | 0      | 4    | 6    | 0    | 0   | -     | 18    |
| 31 | Chandigarh             | 0      | 1      | 4      | 0      | 0.0        | 0      | 5      | 0      | 6    | 2    | 12   | 0   | 0.0   | 28    |
| 32 | D&N Haveli             | 2      | 3      | 0      | 0      | -          | 12     | 12     | 0      | 2    | 2    | 1    | 0   | 0.0   | 14    |
| 33 | Daman & Diu            | 3      | 5      | 1      | 0      | 0.0        | 24     | 29     | 0      | 6    | 5    | 0    | 0   | -     | 32    |
| 34 | Delhi UT               | 32     | 25     | 45 0   | 32     | 71.1       | 110    | 88     | 86     | 20   | 24 0 | 39   | 24  | 61.5  | 50    |
| 35 | Lakshadweep            | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | -          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0    |      | 0    | 0   | -     | 0     |
| 36 | Puducherry             | 4 43   | 0      | 2 52   | 2 34   | 100.0 65.4 | 21     | 0 161  | 7      | 0    | 2    | 2    | 2   | 100.0 | 0 142 |
|    | TOTAL UT(S) TOTAL (ALL |        | 40     |        |        |            | 183    |        | 93     | 38   | 41   | 54   | 26  | 48.1  |       |
|    | INDIA)                 | 3554   | 2860   | 2192   | 786    | 35.9       | 8927   | 7851   | 1611   | 3940 | 3277 | 1926 |     | 36.4  |       |
|    |                        |        |        |        |        |            |        |        |        |      |      |      | 702 |       | 8869  |

Source: Crime in

India

" NE not in existance

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

-' divided by zero

CVR = cased convicted out of total cases in which trials completed.