Question : MISSING CHILDREN

(a) whether cases of missing/abduction of children are on the rise in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the total number of such cases reported, children traced/untraced and the steps taken to trace all the children, accused arrested and the details of the action taken against them during each of the last three years and the current year, separately, gender-wise and State-wise including the National Capital Territory of (NCT) of Delhi;

(c) whether there have been demands from various quarters to formulate a National Action Plan and to establish a Central Unified Agency on the issue of missing/abduction of children;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Union Government in this regard; and

(e) the other measures taken by the Union Government to check such cases in future?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

(SHRI JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) to (e) As per information provided by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), data regarding missing, traced and untraced children for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively is given in Annexure A.

As per information provided by the Delhi Police, the details of missing children along with traced / untraced reported to Delhi Police during the last three years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 is as under :

No. of	No. of children	No. of children yet	missing	traced	to be traced	children
Year	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
2009	3,273	2,673	3,001	2,460	272	213
2010	2,634	2,457	2,196	2,041	438	416
2011	2,446	2,665	2,024	2,106	422	559
2012	1,519	1,652	1,077	1,109	442	543
(upto
15.08.12)