Lok Sabha Question No. 765 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-01
Subject: Trafficking of Minor Girls
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.765

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 st  MARCH, 2016/PHALGUNA 11,1937 (SAKA)

TRAFFICKING OF MINOR GIRLS

765. SHRI BHARATHI MOHAN R.K.:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there are reports of minor girls being trafficked from various small villages to cities and forced  to work  as domestic helps  with false commitment; and
- (b)  if  so,  the  number  of  such  cases  reported  during  the  last  three  years and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (b): As per information provided by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), number of minor girls who were rescued from domestic servitude of this kind are as follows for the years 2014 and 2015 for which data is available:

|   Sl.No. | State/UT       | Number of minor girls rescued during 2014   | Number of minor girls rescued during 2015   |
|----------|----------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Assam          | -                                           | 14                                          |
|        2 | Chhattisgarh   | 22                                          | 14                                          |
|        3 | Gujarat        | -                                           | 9                                           |
|        4 | Haryana        | -                                           | 1                                           |
|        5 | Jharkhand      | 29                                          | -                                           |
|        6 | Madhya Pradesh | 14                                          | 60                                          |
|        7 | Uttar Pradesh  | -                                           | 1                                           |

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| 8.   | West Bengal   |   12 |   6 |
|------|---------------|------|-----|
| 9.   | Delhi         |    6 |  42 |
|      | Total         |   83 | 147 |

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 226 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.

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## L.S.US.Q.NO.765 FOR 1.3.2016

- Advisory on enrollment of police officials in IGNOU certificate course on Anti Human Trafficking dated 12.01.2011.
- 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).

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