Lok Sabha Question No. 2427 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-11
Subject: Juvenile Homes
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA, JAY PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV, C.S. PUTTARAJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2427

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2016

## JUVENILE HOMES

2427.  SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA: SHRI JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV: SHRI C. S. PUTTA RAJU:

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

- a)  the number of Juvenile homes opened by the Government along with the details of the developmental schemes being run in these juvenile during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan;
- b)  whether Government is aware of incidents of harassment, sexual exploitation of children  and  increasing  reports  of  instance  of  juveniles  escaping  from  these juvenile homes/correctional homes;
- c)  if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- d)  whether the Government has issued advisory with regards to proper functioning of these juvenile homes and also under taken a review of the conditions of living for inmates in juvenile homes across the country, if so, the details thereof; and
- e)  if  not,  the  reasons  therefor  and  other  corrective  measures  taken  by  the Government to address the said issue?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) under which financial assistance is provided to States/UTs for setting up and maintaining various Child Care Institutions (CCIs) including  Observation  Homes,  Special  Homes  either  by  themselves  or  through Non-Government Organisations (NGOs). The number of Observation Homes and Special Homes funded under ICPS during the last three year and current year is at Annexure-I. Various rehabilitative and re-integration measures are provided in these CCIs including vocational training, counseling, non formal education etc.
- (b) &(c): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has reported that it has registered  77  complaints/cases  concerning  child  abuse/sexual  exploitation  / torture / ill-treatment /disappearance/ running away of children / lack of residential facilities  and  other  regularities  committed  in  Child  Care  Institutions  (CCIs) including Observation and  Special  Homes  across  the  country  during  the  last three  years  and  current  year  2015-16.  The  State/UT-wise  details  are  given  in Annexure-II
- (d) &  (e): The  primary  responsibility of effective functioning of the  Child  Care Institutions(CCIs)  including  homes  for  children  in  conflict  with  law  vests  with  the State  Governments/  UT  Administrations  concerned,  the  Government  of  India  has recently enacted the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, (JJ Act) which has come into effect from 15th January, 2016 repealing the Juvenile Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of  Children)  Act,  2000.  The  Ministry  has  been requesting the State Governments/UT Administrations from time to time to identify and  register  all  CCIs  under  relevant  provisions  of  JJ  Act  and  set  up  functional inspection and other Committees to ensure that children in all the CCIs receive the best of care, and are not subject to any kind of abuse and neglect.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2427 for 11.03.2016 raised by Shri Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria, Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav and Shri C. S. Putta Raju regarding 'Juvenile Homes.

## The number of Observation Homes and Special Homes funded under ICPS during the last three years and current year

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | Observation Home   | Observation Home   | Observation Home   | Observation Home   | Special Home   | Special Home   | Special Home   | Special Home   | Observation cum Special Home   | Observation cum Special Home   | Observation cum Special Home   | Observation cum Special Home   |
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | 2012- 13           | 2013- 14           | 2014-15            | 2015- 16           | 2012- 13       | 2013- 14       | 2014- 15       | 2015- 16       | 2012- 13                       | 2013- 14                       | 2014- 15                       | 2015- 16                       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 9                  | 9                  | 6                  | 6                  | 3              | 3              | 2              | 2              | 3                              | 3                              | 2                              | 2                              |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | -                  | -                  | -                  | -                  | -              | -              | -              | -              | 1                              | 1                              | 1                              | 1                              |
| 3         | Assam               | 4                  | 5                  | 5                  | 5                  | -              | -              | -              | -              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 4         | Bihar               | 10                 | 10                 | 10                 | 10                 | 1              | 1              | 1              | 1              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 5         | Chattisgarh         | 8                  | 8                  | 12                 | 12                 | 2              | 2              | 7              | 7              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 6         | Goa                 | -                  | -                  | 2                  | 2                  | -              | -              | 2              | 2              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 7         | Gujarat             | 3                  | 3                  | 3                  | 3                  | -              | -              | -              | -              | 3                              | 3                              | 3                              | 3                              |
| 8         | Haryana             | 4                  | 4                  | 4                  | 4                  | 1              | 1              | 1              | 1              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh    | -                  | 1                  | 1                  | 1                  | -              | -              | -              | -              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir     | -                  | -                  | -                  | -                  | -              | -              | -              | -              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 11        | Jharkhand           | 11                 | 11                 | 12                 | 12                 | 1              | 1              | 1              | 1              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 12        | Karnataka           | 11                 | 11                 | 16                 | 16                 | 1              | 1              | 1              | 1              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 13        | Kerala              | 14                 | 11                 | 14                 | 14                 | 2              | 1              | 2              | 2              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh      | 18                 | 18                 | 18                 | 18                 | 3              | 3              | 3              | 3              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 15        | Maharashtra         | 81                 | 78                 | 55                 | 55                 | 1              | 1              | -              | -              | 2                              | 2                              | 1                              | 1                              |
| 16        | Manipur             | 1                  | 1                  | 4                  | 4                  | -              | -              | -              | -              | 1                              | 1                              | 1                              | 1                              |
| 17        | Meghalaya           | 3                  | 3                  | 3                  | 3                  | -              | -              | -              | -              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 18        | Mizoram             | 2                  | 2                  | 3                  | 3                  | 2              | 2              | 2              | 2              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 19        | Nagaland            | 7                  | 10                 | 10                 | 10                 | 2              | 2              | 2              | 2              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 20        | Orissa              | 3                  | 3                  | 3                  | 3                  | 3              | 3              | 3              | 3              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |

| 21   | Punjab                   | 4   | 4   | 4   | 4   | 2   | 2   | 2   | 2   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
|------|--------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 22   | Rajasthan                | 34  | 34  | 34  | 34  | -   | 1   | 1   | 1   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| 23   | Sikkim                   | 1   | 1   | 2   | 2   | -   | -   | 1   | 1   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu               | 11  | 11  | 11  | 11  | 4   | 4   | 4   | 4   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| 25   | Telangana                | -   | -   | 3   | 3   | -   | -   | 2   | 2   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| 26   | Tripura                  | 2   | 2   | 4   | 4   | 4   | 4   | 4   | 4   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh            | 24  | 24  | 28  | 28  | 2   | 2   | 2   | 2   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| 28   | Uttarakhand              | -   | 7   | 7   | 7   | -   | 2   | 2   | 2   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| 29   | West Bengal              | 7   | 7   | 7   | 7   | 4   | 4   | 4   | 4   | -   | 5   | 5   | 5   |
| 30   | Andaman & Nicobar Island | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| 31   | Chandigarh               | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   | 1   | 1   | 1   |
| 32   | Dadra & Nagar Haveli     | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| 33   | Daman & Diu              | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| 34   | Delhi                    | 5   | 5   | 5   | 5   | 1   | 1   | 1   | 1   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| 35   | Lakshadweep              | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| 36   | Puducherry               | -   | -   | -   | -   | 3   | 3   | 3   | 3   | 3   | 3   | 3   | 3   |
|      | Total                    | 277 | 283 | 286 | 286 | 42  | 44  | 53  | 53  | 14  | 19  | 17  | 17  |

## Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b&c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2427 for 11.03.2016 raised by Shri Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria, Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav and Shri C. S. Putta Raju regarding 'Juvenile Homes.

State/UT-wise details of cases registered by NCPCR  regarding complaints/cases concerning  child  abuse  /  sexual  exploitation  /  torture  /  ill-treatment  /  disappearance/ running away of children/ lack of residential facilities and other irregularities committed in Child Care Institutions (CCIs) including Observation and Special Homes.

| S. No   | States/UTs             | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | Total   |
|---------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar Is | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh         | -         | 1         | 1         | -         | 2       |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh      | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 4       | Assam                  | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 5       | Bihar                  | -         | -         | -         | 1         | 1       |
| 6       | Chhatisgarh            | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 7       | Chandigarh             | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 8       | Daman and Diu          | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 9       | Delhi                  | 3         | -         | 3         | 1         | 7       |
| 10      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 11      | Goa                    | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 12      | Gujarat                | 1         | -         | -         | -         | 1       |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh       | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 14      | Haryana                | 5         | 1         | 1         | 3         | 10      |
| 15      | Jharkhand              | 1         | -         | -         | -         | 1       |
| 16      | Jammu & Kashmir        | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 17      | Karnataka              | 3         | -         | 1         | -         | 4       |
| 18      | Kerala                 | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 19      | Lakshadweep            | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 20      | Maharashtra            | 2         | -         | 2         | -         | 4       |
| 21      | Meghalaya              | 1         | -         | -         | -         | 1       |
| 22      | Manipur                | -         | 1         | -         | 1         | 2       |
| 23      | Madhya Pradesh         | 3         | -         | 1         | 2         | 6       |
| 24      | Mizoram                | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 25      | Nagaland               | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 26      | Odisha                 | -         | 2         | 1         | -         | 3       |
| 27      | Punjab                 | 2         | -         | -         | 1         | 3       |
| 28      | Puducherry             | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 29      | Rajasthan              | -         | 1         | -         | -         | 1       |
| 30      | Sikkim                 | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu             | 6         | -         | 1         | 1         | 8       |
| 32      | Telangana              | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 33      | Tripura                | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 34      | Uttarakhand            | -         | -         | -         | -         | -       |
| 35      | Uttar Pradesh          | 6         | 2         | 5         | 8         | 21      |
| 36      | West Bengal            | -         | -         | -         | 2         | 2       |
| Total   | Total                  | 33        | 8         | 16        | 20        | 77      |