Lok Sabha Question No. 641 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Web Portals to Track Missing/Found Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ANTO  ANTONY, ANURAG SINGH THAKUR, BAIJAYANT "JAY" PANDA, SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 641

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.02.2016

## WEB PORTAL TO TRACK MISSING/FOUND CHILDREN

## 641. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR:

SHRI BAIJAYANT JAY PANDA:

SHRI SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL:

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

- a)  whether the Government has set up web portals to track missing and found children in the country and is so; the details thereof;
- b)  the number of website hits so far indicating the number of missing children reported and uploaded on the web portals, along with the number of children tracked so far with their help, State/UT-wise;
- c)  the identified reasons behind the cases of missing children along with the number of cases registered and accused arrested/convicted during each of the last three years and the current year;
- d)  whether  the  Government  allocates  adequate  funds  for  the  maintenance  of  such portals  and  if  so,  the  funds  allocated  and  utilised  for  the  purpose  during  the  said period; and
- e)  the  further  measures  taken  by  the  Government  in  coordination  with  the  other Ministries/Departments and States/UTs to track missing children and to popularize the web portals and engage senior citizens in campaign?

## ANSWER

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

(a):The Ministry of Women and Child Development has developed web  portals 'TrackChild' and 'Khoya-Paya' to track the missing and found children. The      Khoya-Paya has been integrated as citizen corner on TrackChild portal.

(b):The  number  of    website  hits  reported  on  TrackChild  portal  from  January,  2012  to Ferurary,  2016  (till  date)  are  10,98,27,835.  The  details  of  the  number  of  missing  children reported and uploaded on the portals along with number of children tracked so far with their help, State/UT wise is at Annexure-I & II respectively.

- (c): As  per  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  the  details  of  the  number  of  the cases reported, persons arrested/convicted is at Annexure-III . Some  of the reasons  behind  the  cases  of  missing  children  could  be  kidnapping,  abduction, trafficking, illegal adoption, run away children, due to natural calamities.

(d): The Ministry had launched TrackChild portal in the year 2011-12 and Khoya-Paya in June  2015,  since  than  approximately  Rs.311  lakhs  have  been  released  to  National Informatics Centre(NIC) /National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated (NICSI) & others. There is a provision of yearly budget of Rs.250 lakhs under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme(ICPS) for TrackChild.

(e): The Ministry has been implementing these portals in association with various stakeholders including Ministry of Home  Affairs (MHA), Ministry of Railways, State Governments/UT  Administrations,  Child  Welfare  Committees,  Juvenile  Justice  Boards, National Legal Services Authority, etc. Further Ministry is also collobarating with Ministry of Railwaysto  rescue  and  rehabilitate  children  in  difficult  circumstances  who  come  in  contact with Railways by setting up child help desks at platforms,so far they have been formed at 20 major stations. The Ministry has also been organizing conferences/consultations from time to time at National and Regional levels for further sensitizing the stakeholders concerned.

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Statement referred to in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  641  for answer on 26.02.2016 raised by Shri Anto Antony, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Shri Baijayant Jay Panda and Shri SirajuddinAjmal regarding 'Web Portals to Track Missing/Found Children'.

Number of children reported missing and uploaded on TrackChild portal along with number of children reported recovered since 01-01-2012 to 18-02-2016.

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs              | Missing*   | Recovered#   |
|-----------|------------------------|------------|--------------|
| 1.        | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR ISLAND | 19         | 17           |
| 2.        | ANDHRA PRADESH         | 612        | 412          |
| 3.        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH      | 53         | 33           |
| 4.        | ASSAM                  | 2181       | 457          |
| 5.        | BIHAR                  | 929        | 71           |
| 6.        | CHANDIGARH             | 274        | 100          |
| 7.        | CHATTISGARH            | 4085       | 2760         |
| 8.        | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI     | 1          | 0            |
| 9.        | DAMAN&DIU              | 25         | 16           |
| 10.       | DELHI                  | 20803      | 6707         |
| 11.       | GOA                    | 469        | 307          |
| 12.       | GUJARAT                | 25478      | 13578        |
| 13.       | HARYANA                | 3210       | 8099         |
| 14.       | HIMACHAL PRADESH       | 365        | 192          |
| 15.       | JAMMU &KASHMIR         | 323        | 145          |
| 16.       | JHARKHAND              | 799        | 101          |
| 17.       | KARNATAKA              | 11428      | 8109         |
| 18.       | KERALA                 | 1483       | 1071         |
| 19.       | LAKSHADWEEP            | 0          | 0            |
| 20.       | MADHYAPRADESH          | 14539      | 10533        |
| 21.       | MAHARASHTRA            | 14267      | 13245        |
| 22.       | MANIPUR                | 0          | 0            |
| 23.       | MEGHALAYA              | 405        | 341          |
| 24.       | MIZORAM                | 8          | 8            |
| 25.       | NAGALAND               | 57         | 23           |
| 26.       | ODISHA                 | 6840       | 3696         |
| 27.       | PONDICHERRY            | 63         | 94           |
| 28.       | PUNJAB                 | 2114       | 1629         |
| 29.       | RAJASTHAN              | 4645       | 2374         |
| 30.       | SIKKIM                 | 106        | 69           |
| 31.       | TAMILNADU              | 5557       | 2888         |
| 32.       | TELANGANA              | 1583       | 908          |
| 33.       | TRIPURA                | 49         | 7            |
| 34.       | UTTAR PRADESH          | 26002      | 14646        |
| 35.       | UTTRAKHAND             | 1346       | 579          |
| 36.       | WEST BENGAL            | 44095      | 36055        |
| Total     | Total                  | 1,94,213   | 1,29,270     |

# No of children reported recovered by Police in different States/UTs includes children who are registered as missing on TrackChild portal and those who have been recovered and are not reported as missing on the TrackChild portal.

## Annexure-II

Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 641 for answer on 26.02.2016 raised by Shri Anto Antony, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Shri Baijayant  Jay  Panda  and  Shri  SirajuddinAjmal  regarding  'Web  Portal  to  Track Missing/Found Children'.

## Report of Missing & Sighted cases reported on Khoya-Paya Web Portal since 2 nd June 2015 to 19 th February 2016

1.  Total number of missing cases published : 718
2.  Total number of  cases of children sighted published: 2535
3.  Total Missing/Sighted cases closed on the portal: 638

## Annexure-III

Statement referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 641 for answer on 26.02.2016 raised by Shri Anto Antony, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Shri Baijayant Jay Panda and Shri SirajuddinAjmal regarding 'Web Portals to Track Missing/Found Children'.

CASES REPORTED(CR), CASES CHARGESHEETED(CS), CASES CONVICTED(CV), CONVICTION RATE (CVR), PERSONS ARRESTED(PAR), PERSONS CHARGESHEETED(PCS) AND PERSONS CONVICTED(PCV) UNDER KIDNAPPING & ABDCUTION (TOTAL) FOR CHILDREN DURING 2012-2014

|    |                   |      |      |     |       |      |      |     | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014    | 2014     | 2014   | 2014   |
|----|-------------------|------|------|-----|-------|------|------|-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|----------|--------|--------|
| SL | State/UT          | CR   | CS   | CV  | CVR   | PAR  | PCS  | PCV | CR     | CS     | CV     | CVR    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR     | CS     | CV CVR | PAR     |          | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 781  | 620  | 26  | 5.4   | 826  | 831  | 44  | 1014   | 732    | 20     | 5.0    | 1012   | 833    | 48     | 600    | 352    | 5      | 2.2 684 | 522      |        | 5      |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh | 20   | 14   | 1   | 100.0 | 20   | 14   | 1   | 40     | 22     | 0      | -      | 32     | 23     | 0      | 66     | 26 0   | 0.0    | 50      |          | 37     | 0      |
| 3  | Assam             | 68   | 22   | 0   | 0.0   | 68   | 22   | 0   | 80     | 48     | 5      | 16.1   | 75     | 50     | 5      | 152    | 44     | 1 20.0 | 152     |          | 44     | 1      |
| 4  | Bihar             | 2546 | 1100 | 27  | 5.2   | 1870 | 1983 | 46  | 1180   | 990    | 53     | 17.2   | 1577   | 2023   | 88     | 1585   | 865    | 20     | 5.8     | 1688     | 1191   | 22     |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      | 276  | 256  | 32  | 36.4  | 244  | 242  | 37  | 1634   | 508    | 27     | 27.3   | 435    | 428    | 43     | 1844   | 822    | 84     | 27.9    | 933      | 978    | 100    |
| 6  | Goa               | 15   | 11   | 0   | 0.0   | 13   | 11   | 0   | 90     | 13     | 1      | 50.0   | 34     | 22     | 3      | 134    | 17     | 0      | 0.0     | 40       | 27     | 0      |
| 7  | Gujarat           | 834  | 674  | 17  | 8.9   | 938  | 931  | 26  | 1429   | 1030   | 20     | 8.7    | 1496   | 1379   | 24     | 2101   | 1290   | 17     | 5.8     | 1819     | 1803   | 23     |
| 8  | Haryana           | 535  | 277  | 10  | 13.0  | 505  | 493  | 8   | 911    | 377    | 35     | 13.9   | 488    | 482    | 37     | 816    | 237    | 45     | 15.5    | 381      | 373    | 49     |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  | 97   | 55   | 3   | 13.0  | 85   | 69   | 6   | 198    | 70     | 8      | 26.7   | 81     | 94     | 8      | 210    | 53     | 1      | 3.2     | 92       | 72     | 1      |
| 10 | Jammu& Kashmir    | 23   | 13   | 0   | 0.0   | 18   | 18   | 0   | 26     | 18     | 0      | 0.0    | 40     | 40     | 0      | 139    | 49     | 0      | 0.0     | 122      | 68     | 0      |
| 11 | Jharkhand         | 32   | 27   | 1   | 5.6   | 29   | 29   | 1   | 48     | 23     | 2      | 33.3   | 34     | 35     | 2      | 94     | 48     | 7      | 63.6    | 92       | 61     | 10     |
| 12 | Karnataka         | 471  | 128  | 2   | 4.4   | 211  | 157  | 2   | 700    | 234    | 2      | 2.1    | 379    | 363    | 2      | 1177   | 352    | 5      | 6.0     | 721      | 485    | 6      |
| 13 | Kerala            | 147  | 123  | 2   | 7.7   | 163  | 161  | 5   | 136    | 102    | 4      | 10.8   | 155    | 122    | 5      | 130    | 131    | 0      | 0.0     | 160      | 160    | 0      |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 630  | 594  | 67  | 23.1  | 735  | 742  | 108 | 2262   | 874    | 97     | 22.7   | 1165   | 1147   | 152    | 6339   | 2083   | 204    | 30.4    | 2701     | 2519   | 260    |
| 15 | Maharashtra       | 893  | 704  | 7   | 3.3   | 1068 | 1047 | 8   | 1698   | 922    | 8      | 4.7    | 1495   | 1359   | 11     | 2616   | 906    | 12 5.9 |         | 1642     | 1330   | 17     |
| 16 | Manipur           | 61   | 1    | 0   | -     | 26   | 1    | 0   | 56     | 0      | 0      | -      | 6      | 0      | 0      | 69     | 1      | 0 -    |         | 15       | 0      | 0      |
| 17 | Meghalaya         | 9    | 5    | 0   | 0.0   | 5    | 5    | 0   | 35     | 15     | 0      | 0.0    | 17     | 16     | 0      | 43     | 13     | 0      | -       | 22       | 13     | 0      |
| 18 | Mizoram           | 1    | 2    | 3   | 100.0 | 1    | 2    | 3   | 2      | 2      | 1      | 100.0  | 2      | 2      | 1      | 2      | 2      | 0      | -       | 2        | 2      | 0      |
| 19 | Nagaland          | 5    | 4    | 1   | 100.0 | 4    | 4    | 4   | 4      | 1      | 4      | 100.0  | 8      | 1      | 4      | 7      | 5      | 3      | 100.0   | 7        | 5      | 3      |
| 20 | Odisha            |      | 92   |     | 0.0   |      | 83   | 0   | 366    | 179    |        | 11.5   | 250    |        |        |        | 259    |        |         | 392      | 347    |        |
|    |                   | 96   |      | 0   |       | 87   |      |     |        |        | 3      |        |        | 236    | 3      | 800    |        | 3      | 8.6     |          |        | 3      |
| 21 | Punjab            | 459  | 182  | 26  | 28.0  | 356  | 275  | 39  | 690    | 293    | 61     | 32.3   | 493    | 348    | 80 871 | 247    |        | 38     | 27.9    | 658      | 432    | 47     |
| 22 | Rajasthan         | 847  | 391  | 107 | 30.7  | 518  | 492  | 126 | 1426   | 541    | 91     | 38.9   | 709    | 699    | 181    | 1814   | 660    | 95     |         | 34.4 866 | 849    | 133    |

| 23   | Sikkim            | 6     | 18   | 6    | 60.0   | 8     | 7     | 9    | 14    | 14    | 12   | 42.9   | 25    | 26    | 12   |    17 | 7     | 1       | 20.0       | 6     |     4 |    0 |
|------|-------------------|-------|------|------|--------|-------|-------|------|-------|-------|------|--------|-------|-------|------|-------|-------|---------|------------|-------|-------|------|
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 576   | 234  | 12   | 11.8   | 560   | 396   | 18   | 499   | 281   | 106  | 38.0   | 506   | 411   | 122  |   390 | 177   | 39 23.1 | 437        |       |   385 |   63 |
| 25   | Telangana         |       |      |      | -      |       |       |      |       |       |      | -      |       |       |      |   634 | 281   | 10      | 4.6 751    |       |   602 |   10 |
| 26   | Tripura           | 0     | 3    | 1    | 16.7   | 7     | 8     | 2    | 21    | 17    | 1    | 50.0   | 20    | 17    | 1    |    88 | 34 1  | 11.1    |            | 74    |    51 |    3 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 4239  | 2914 | 507  | 51.1   | 8394  | 5427  | 949  | 6002  | 3708  | 558  | 54.8   | 12978 | 7389  | 985  |  5875 | 3955  | 748     | 49.4       | 11537 |  7508 | 1498 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 53    | 34   | 9    | 60.0   | 51    | 49    | 15   | 181   | 73    | 15   | 40.5   | 31    | 31    | 21   |   275 | 107   | 15      | 62.5       | 118   |   120 |   16 |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 767   | 500  | 3    | 3.4    | 558   | 355   | 5    | 1388  | 444   | 2    | 2.1    | 739   | 701   | 3    |  2351 | 1410  | 2       | 0.8        | 2432  |  1491 |    2 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 14487 | 8998 | 870  | 23.8   | 17368 | 13854 | 1462 | 22130 | 11531 | 1136 | 27.7   | 24282 | 18277 | 1841 | 31239 | 14433 | 1356    | 26.3 28594 |       | 21479 | 2272 |
| 30   | A & N Islands     | 8     | 4    | 0    | 0.0    | 7     | 7     | 0    | 12    | 9     | 0    | 0.0    | 3     | 9     | 0    |    12 | 6     | 0       | 0.0        | 8     |     7 |    0 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 59    | 24   | 5    | 33.3   | 21    | 18    | 8    | 164   | 51    | 9    | 25.0   | 55    | 48    | 9    |   130 | 47    | 7       | 17.1       | 48    |    55 |    7 |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        | 6     | 8    | 2    | 40.0   | 13    | 14    | 2    | 10    | 3     | 1    | 16.7   | 2     | 3     | 3    |     8 | 3     | 0       | -          | 3     |     3 |    0 |
| 33   | Daman& Diu        | 2     | 2    | 0    | 0.0    | 0     | 3     | 0    | 8     | 1     | 0    | -      | 1     | 1     | 0    |     4 | 2     | 0       | -          | 2     |     2 |    0 |
| 34   | Delhi UT          | 3686  | 330  | 143  | 36.5   | 438   | 372   | 148  | 5809  | 406   | 86   | 27.3   | 603   | 474   | 108  |  6452 | 586   | 73      | 31.3 492   |       |   612 |   78 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       | 0     | 0    | 0    | -      | 0     | 0     | 0    | 0     | 0     | 0    | -      | 0     | 0     | 0    |     0 | 0     | 0       | -          | 0     |     0 |    0 |
| 36   | Puducherry        | 18    | 12   | 5    | 45.5   | 16    | 13    | 5    | 34    | 7     | 0    | 0.0    | 5     | 7     | 0    |     9 | 5     | 0       | -          | 5     |     5 |    0 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       | 3779  | 380  | 155  | 36.5   | 495   | 427   | 163  | 6037  | 477   | 96   | 26.4   | 669   | 542   | 120  |  6615 | 649   | 80      | 28.3       | 558   |   684 |   85 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 18266 | 9378 | 1025 | 25.1   | 17863 | 14281 | 1625 | 28167 | 12008 | 1232 | 27.5   | 24951 | 18819 | 1961 | 37854 | 15082 | 1436    | 26.4       | 29152 | 22163 | 2357 |

Source: Crime in India