Lok Sabha Question No. 1152 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-06
Subject: Juvenile Homes in the Country
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Shafi Parambil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1152 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2026

## JUVENILE HOMES IN THE COUNTRY

## 1152.  SHRI SHAFI PARAMBIL:

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

- (a) the number of juvenile homes in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether there is any proposal to increase the number of said homes in each State; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a): 5947 Child Care Institutions (CCIs) are registered across India under Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, in the Financial Year 2024-25. Further, the details of CCIs financially supported under  Mission  Vatsalya  during  FY  2024-25,  State-wise  and  Union  Territory-wise  are  at Annexure.

(b)  &  (c):  Mission  Vatsalya  scheme  is  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  (CSS)  which  is implemented through States and Union Territories to deliver services for Children in Need of Care and Protection (CNCP) and Children in Conflict with Law (CCL) which include Institutional  Care  and  Non-Institutional  Care. Under  the  scheme  Institutional  Care  is provided through Child Care Institutions (CCIs), as a rehabilitative measure.  The programmes and activities in homes inter-alia include age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care, counselling etc.

Project Approval Board (PAB) of Mission Vatsalya examines and approves number of homes (CCIs) as per the proposal received from States and Union Territories for the Financial Year.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1152  FOR  ANSWER  ON  06.02.2026  BY  SHRI  SHAFI PARAMBIL

THE NUMBER OF CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS (CCIs) FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED UNDER  MISSION  VATSALYA  DURING  FY  2024-25,  STATE-WISE  AND  UNION TERRITORY-WISE

|   S. No. | State                               | CCIs financially supported under Mission Vatsalya   |
|----------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh                      | 98                                                  |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh                   | 11                                                  |
|        3 | Assam                               | 58                                                  |
|        4 | Bihar                               | 91                                                  |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh                        | 105                                                 |
|        6 | Goa                                 | 23                                                  |
|        7 | Gujarat                             | 81                                                  |
|        8 | Haryana                             | 31                                                  |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh                    | 48                                                  |
|       10 | Jammu and Kashmir                   | 62                                                  |
|       11 | Jharkhand                           | 46                                                  |
|       12 | Karnataka                           | 127                                                 |
|       13 | Kerala                              | 45                                                  |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh                      | 102                                                 |
|       15 | Maharashtra                         | 107                                                 |
|       16 | Manipur                             | 87                                                  |
|       17 | Meghalaya                           | 53                                                  |
|       18 | Mizoram                             | 66                                                  |
|       19 | Nagaland                            | 57                                                  |
|       20 | Odisha                              | 142                                                 |
|       21 | Punjab                              | 26                                                  |
|       22 | Rajasthan                           | 140                                                 |
|       23 | Sikkim                              | 27                                                  |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu                          | 313                                                 |
|       25 | Telangana                           | 67                                                  |
|       26 | Tripura                             | 31                                                  |
|       27 | Uttar Pradesh                       | 164                                                 |
|       28 | Uttarakhand                         | 44                                                  |
|       29 | West Bengal                         | 207                                                 |
|       30 | Andaman &Nicobar                    | 10                                                  |
|       31 | Chandigarh                          | 9                                                   |
|       32 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman& Diu  | 4                                                   |
|       33 | Ladakh                              | 9                                                   |
|       34 | Lakshadweep                         | -                                                   |
|       35 | National Capital Territory of Delhi | 39                                                  |
|       36 | Puducherry                          | 29                                                  |