Lok Sabha Question No. 2684 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-02
Subject: Abduction of Children
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: JITENDRA CHAUDHURY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2684

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 nd AUGUST, 2016/SHRAVANA 11, 1938, (SAKA)

## ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN

2684. SHRI JITENDRA CHAUDHURY:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that a large number of children are drugged, beaten and forced to beg every day in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  according  to  the  National  Human  Rights  Commission  up  to  40,000  children  are abducted every year and 11,000 remain untraced in the country;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  total  number  of  such  cases  reported,  children traced/untraced during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise; and
- (d) the effective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a): National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  does  not  maintain  data  on  children  forced  to  beg everyday centrally.  However, as per data collected  from States/UTs,  a total of 16 children were kidnapped or abducted for the purpose of begging during 2014. State/UT wise number of children kidnapped for the purpose of begging during 2014 is enclosed at Annexure-I.

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## L.S.US.Q.NO.2684 FOR 02.08.2016

(b) & (c): The  NHRC  Action  Research  on  Trafficking  published  by  Orient  Longman  in  2005  had shown that  'In  India,  on  an  average,  44476  children  go  missing  every  year  and  of  these,  11008

-2- children  remain  untraced annually.  Statement indicating the number of cases registered on the basis of complaints about missing children State-wise during the last one year and current year upto 30.6.2016 is enclosed as Annexure-II.

(d): As per Seventh Schedule of the Constitution 'Police' and 'Public Order' are the State subjects, and  as  such,  the  primary  responsibility  of  prevention,  detection,  registration,  investigation prosecution of crimes lies with the State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations.

Ministry of Home Affairs has issued Advisories dated 25th June, 2013 on 'Hon'ble Supreme Court's direction  to  file  FIR  in  case  of  Missing  Children'  and  dated  14th  July,  2010  on  'Crime  against Children' which are available at http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload\_files/mha/files/CSAdviMissingChild-170713.pdf

http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload\_files/mha/files/pdf/AdvCrime-children-280710.pdf

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## PAGE 1 OF 1 OF ANNEXURE - I

## L.S.US.Q.NO.2684 FOR 02.08.2016

## State/UT wise  number of children kidnapped or abducted for the purpose of begging during the year during 2014

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   For Begging |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |             0 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |             0 |
| 3         | Assam             |             0 |
| 4         | Bihar             |             0 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |             0 |
| 6         | Goa               |             0 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |             0 |
| 8         | Haryana           |             0 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |             0 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    |             0 |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |             0 |
| 12        | Karnataka         |             0 |
| 13        | Kerala            |             2 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |             0 |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |             3 |
| 16        | Manipur           |             0 |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |             0 |
| 18        | Mizoram           |             0 |
| 19        | Nagaland          |             0 |
| 20        | Odisha            |             0 |
| 21        | Punjab            |             2 |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |             2 |
| 23        | Sikkim            |             0 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |             1 |
| 25        | Telangana         |             0 |
| 26        | Tripura           |             0 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |             1 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |             0 |
| 29        | West Bengal       |             5 |
|           | TOTAL STATE(S)    |            16 |
| 30        | A & N Islands     |             0 |
| 31        | Chandigarh        |             0 |
| 32 33     | D&N Haveli        |             0 |
|           | Daman &Diu        |             0 |
| 34        | Delhi UT          |             0 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       |             0 |
| 36        | Puducherry        |             0 |
|           | TOTAL UT(S)       |             0 |
|           | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |            16 |

Source: Crime in India

## National Human Rights Commission

## Statement Showing Statewise Total No. of Cases Registered, Disposed, Pending During the last three years and current year Incident Head DISAPPEARANCE / MISSING (CHILDREN) (Inc. Code 109)

(Data as per CMS as on 29/07/2016)

| Sr.No.   | State/UT Name       | 01/04/2013 to 31/03/2014   | 01/04/2013 to 31/03/2014   | 01/04/2013 to 31/03/2014   | 01/04/2014 to 31/03/2015   | 01/04/2014 to 31/03/2015   | 01/04/2014 to 31/03/2015   | 01/04/2015 to 31/03/2016   | 01/04/2015 to 31/03/2016   | 01/04/2015 to 31/03/2016   | 01/04/2016 to 30/06/2016   | 01/04/2016 to 30/06/2016   | 01/04/2016 to 30/06/2016   |
|----------|---------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sr.No.   | State/UT Name       | No. of Cases Registered    | Disposed                   | Pending                    | No. of Cases Registered    | Disposed                   | Pending                    | No. of Cases Registered    | Disposed                   | Pending                    | No. of Cases Registered    | Disposed                   | Pending                    |
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 3        | ASSAM               | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 4        | BIHAR               | 3                          | 3                          | 0                          | 3                          | 1                          | 2                          | 8                          | 4                          | 4                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 5        | GOA                 | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 6        | GUJARAT             | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 1                          | 0                          | 1                          |
| 7        | HARYANA             | 21                         | 21                         | 0                          | 55                         | 52                         | 3                          | 40                         | 40                         | 0                          | 11                         | 11                         | 0                          |
| 8        | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 9        | JAMMU &KASHMIR      | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 10       | KARNATAKA           | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 11       | KERALA              | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 12       | MADHYA PRADESH      | 3                          | 3                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 2                          | 1                          | 1                          | 3                          | 2                          | 1                          |
| 13       | MAHARASHTRA         | 1                          | 0                          | 1                          | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 14       | MANIPUR             | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 15       | MEGHALAYA           | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 16       | MIZORAM             | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 17       | NAGALAND            | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 18       | ODISHA              | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 6                          | 5                          | 1                          | 6                          | 5                          | 1                          | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          |
| 19       | PUNJAB              | 2                          | 2                          | 0                          | 4                          | 2                          | 2                          | 2                          | 1                          | 1                          | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          |
| 20       | RAJASTHAN           | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 2                          | 1                          | 1                          | 3                          | 3                          | 0                          | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          |
| 21       | SIKKIM              | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 22       | TAMIL NADU          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 2                          | 2                          | 0                          | 1                          | 0                          | 1                          | 2                          | 1                          | 1                          |
| 23       | TRIPURA             | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 24       | UTTAR PRADESH       | 63                         | 50                         | 13                         | 72                         | 51                         | 21                         | 55                         | 35                         | 20                         | 15                         | 9                          | 6                          |
| 25       | WEST BENGAL         | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          | 4                          | 3                          | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 26       | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR    | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 27       | CHANDIGARH          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 1                          | 0                          | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 28       | DADRA& NAGAR HAVELI | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 29       | DAMAN&DIU           | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 30       | DELHI               | 6                          | 5                          | 1                          | 12                         | 7                          | 5                          | 15                         | 7                          | 8                          | 1                          | 0                          | 1                          |
| 31       | LAKSHADWEEP         | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 32       | PUDUCHERRY          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 33       | CHHATTISGARH        | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          | 3                          | 3                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 34       | JHARKHAND           | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 2                          | 2                          | 0                          | 3                          | 2                          | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 35       | UTTARAKHAND         | 2                          | 2                          | 0                          | 3                          | 3                          | 0                          | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 36       | TELANGANA           | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 37       | ALL OVER INDIA      | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 38       | FOREIGN COUNTRIES   | 2                          | 2                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
|          | TOTAL               | 105                        | 90                         | 15                         | 169                        | 134                        | 35                         | 146                        | 107                        | 39                         | 36                         | 26                         | 10                         |

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