Question : Crime against Children

(a) whether the Government is aware of the increasing incidents/complaints of child trafficking, missing children, child thefts etc. in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof indicating the number of such cases registered, racket/ gang busted, accused arrested, convicted, children traced, untraced, conviction rate achieved and the steps taken to trace all the missing children separately during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Haryana, Gujarat and NCT of Delhi;

(c) whether organised outfits are involved in such incidents, if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;

(d) whether the Government has any proposal for ‘Track Child’ or to establish an institution/agency to trace and rescue the missing children and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the other measures being taken by the Government to prevent and check such incidents in future along with the steps taken for resettlement and education of the rescued children?

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

(a) to (e): As per the latest available published information with National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the State/UT wise details of total children

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trafficked, children rescued, children missing (including missing children from previous years), children traced, children Kidnapped and abducted, children recovered/rescued are given in Annexure I to IV. The details of racktets/ gangs busted and organized outfits and separately conviction rate for child trafficking are not maintained by NCRB.
The latest data pertains to the year 2016.
‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibilities to maintain law and order, protection of life and property of the citizens rest primarily with the respective State Governments. The State Governments are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws.
However, Ministry of Home Affairs has issued Advisories from time to time on preventing and combating the crime of human trafficking. These Advisories are available on www.mha.gov.in.
Further, Ministry of Women and Child Development in order to provide outreach services to the missing children or needy children, is operating Child Helpline No. 1098, which is operational 24/7. Apart from this, Railway Childlines at major railway platforms are also being operated to provide assistance to any needy child. In addition to this, Ministry of Women and Child Development has developed a national tracking system for missing



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and vulnerable children i.e. TrackChild portal and it has been implemented across the country. The URL of TrackChild is www.trackthemissingchild.gov.in.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has also launched Khoya-Paya on 2nd June, 2015 which is an enabling platform, where citizens can report missing children as well as sightings of their whereabouts without losing much time. Found children can also be reported. Khoya-Paya has been integrated as a module under the citizen corner in TrackChild.
In addition, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has been prepared for tracing of missing children, and has been circulated to all the States and UTs for further dissemination to all other stake holders such as Police, Child Welfare Committees (CWCs), Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) etc. This SOP lays down the uniform guidelines for expediting the search and rehabilitation of a missing child all over the country.




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