(a) whether the cases of inmates of various Juvenile Homes in the country often being subjected to sexual abuse, severe beating and other atrocities have come to the notice of the Government;
(b) if so, the details thereof and number of such cases reported during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise; and
(c) the action taken/being taken by the Government against the erring officials?
MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHNA TIRATH)
(a) & (b): Some instances of abuse or exploitation of children have come to the notice of the Government, in the
Ministry of Women and Child Development, through visits, conducted from time to time by teams from the Ministry and
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) as well as through complaints received by NCPCR. State-wise
Number of such complaints dealt by NCPCR during each of the last three years and current year, so far, is at Annex.
(c): Such cases are conveyed to the concerned State Governments with directions to take appropriate remedial measures.