Lok Sabha Question No. 2247 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-12
Subject: Welfare Schemes for Orphans
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Asaduddin Owaisi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2247

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2025

## WELFARE SCHEMES FOR ORPHANS

## 2247.  SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has surveyed the number of orphaned/ abandoned children/children with single parent, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the measures being taken by the Government to integrate these vulnerable children into a unified protective network;
- (c) the details of the schemes launched by the Government for their welfare, including educational support, health insurance, financial assistance etc.;
- (d) the number of beneficiaries covered under these schemes, State-wise; and
- (e) the details of the rehabilitation and skill development facilities being provided to them under these welfare schemes?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act, 2015) is the primary legislation for ensuring safety, security, dignity and wellbeing of children in need of care and protection and those i conflict with law by catering to their basic needs through care,  protection,  development,  treatment,  rehabilitation  and  social  re-integration.  The Ministry of Women and Child Development is the nodal Ministry for the JJ Act.

Under the JJ Act 2015, the Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) have been empowered to take decisions  with  regard  to  the  children  in  need  of  care  and  protection  including  orphaned, abandoned and surrendered children. They are also mandated to monitor the function of the Child Care Institutions (CCIs). Similarly, the Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) are empowered to  take  decisions  regarding  the  welfare  of  children  in  conflict  with  law.  The  Act  defines standards of care and protection to secure the best interest of children living in CCIs and aims to  provide  family  environment  through  non-institutional  care  services  which  includes sponsorship, foster care and aftercare.

Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely 'Mission Vatsalya' in all States and Union Territories on predefined cost sharing basis between the Central and the State Governments to deliver various services for children in difficult circumstances including orphan children. The scheme provides institutional care and  non-institutional  care.  Child  Care  Institutions  (CCIs)  established  under  the  Mission Vatsalya scheme provide, inter-alia, age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation,  health  care,  counselling  etc.  Under  Non-Institutional  Care  Service,  support  is provided through Sponsorship, Foster Care, Adoption and After Care.

During  FY  2024-25,  Rs.  1405.53  crores  were  released  under  Mission  Vatsalya Scheme to the States and Union Territories. The state-wise numbers of beneficiaries under Mission Vatsalya scheme during FY 2024-25 is at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2247  FOR  ANSWER  ON  12.12.2025  BY  SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI REGARDING "WELFARE SCHEMES FOR ORPHANS"

## (i) State-wise Number of Beneficiaries in child care institutions (CCIs) under Mission Vatsalya Scheme during FY 2024-25

|   S. No. | State                              |   Beneficiaries |
|----------|------------------------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh                     |            2152 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh                  |             420 |
|        3 | Assam                              |            1615 |
|        4 | Bihar                              |            2958 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh                       |            1876 |
|        6 | Goa                                |             519 |
|        7 | Gujarat                            |            2393 |
|        8 | Haryana                            |             946 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh                   |            1390 |
|       10 | Jammu and Kashmir                  |            1385 |
|       11 | Jharkhand                          |            1995 |
|       12 | Karnataka                          |            4587 |
|       13 | Kerala                             |            1345 |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh                     |            2303 |
|       15 | Maharashtra                        |            3667 |
|       16 | Manipur                            |            2296 |
|       17 | Meghalaya                          |             990 |
|       18 | Mizoram                            |            1348 |
|       19 | Nagaland                           |             621 |
|       20 | Odisha                             |            4627 |
|       21 | Punjab                             |             506 |
|       22 | Rajasthan                          |            3958 |
|       23 | Sikkim                             |             660 |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu                         |           12438 |
|       25 | Telangana                          |            2485 |
|       26 | Tripura                            |            1085 |
|       27 | Uttar Pradesh                      |            5420 |
|       28 | Uttarakhand                        |             868 |
|       29 | West Bengal                        |            7615 |
|       30 | Andaman &Nicobar                   |             263 |
|       31 | Chandigarh                         |             344 |
|       32 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |              64 |
|       33 | Ladakh                             |              77 |
|       34 | Lakshadweep                        |               0 |
|       35 | Delhi                              |            1012 |
|       36 | Puducherry                         |             654 |

## (ii) States-wise Number of beneficiaries in Non-Institutional Care (Sponsorship, Foster care and Adoption) in FY 2024-25

|   S. No. | Name of States/UTs                 |   No. of beneficiaries |
|----------|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh                     |                  14187 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                   1318 |
|        3 | Assam                              |                   2400 |
|        4 | Bihar                              |                   6001 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh                       |                   1550 |
|        6 | Goa                                |                     93 |
|        7 | Gujarat                            |                    472 |
|        8 | Haryana                            |                    880 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh                   |                   2028 |
|       10 | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                   5092 |
|       11 | Jharkhand                          |                   6793 |
|       12 | Karnataka                          |                  18673 |
|       13 | Kerala                             |                   2182 |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh                     |                  20572 |
|       15 | Maharashtra                        |                  32520 |
|       16 | Manipur                            |                   1932 |
|       17 | Meghalaya                          |                   1285 |
|       18 | Mizoram                            |                   2011 |
|       19 | Nagaland                           |                    789 |
|       20 | Odisha                             |                   5545 |
|       21 | Punjab                             |                   2483 |
|       22 | Rajasthan                          |                    475 |
|       23 | Sikkim                             |                    427 |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu                         |                   8116 |
|       25 | Telangana                          |                   7287 |
|       26 | Tripura                            |                   2059 |
|       27 | Uttar Pradesh                      |                  15000 |
|       28 | Uttarakhand                        |                   1631 |
|       29 | West Bengal                        |                   4125 |
|       30 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                      0 |
|       31 | Chandigarh                         |                    350 |
|       32 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                    929 |
|       33 | Ladakh                             |                    482 |
|       34 | Lakshadweep                        |                      0 |
|       35 | NCT of Delhi                       |                    952 |
|       36 | Puducherry                         |                    256 |