MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)
(a) & (b): The details of number of Observation homes, Special homes presently functioning in the country for children in conflict with law and being funded under Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) State/UT wise is at Annexure-I.
The Central Government is executing Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) to implement the provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act), in which State Governments/UT Administrations have major role to play. The Ministry has been requesting the State Governments/UT Administrations from time to time to identify and register all Child Care Institutions (CCIs) including Observation Homes, Special Homes and Observation cum Special Homes under relevant provisions of JJ Act and set up functional inspection and other Committees to ensure that children in all the CCIs receive the best of care, and are not subject to any kind of abuse and neglect. The State Governments/UT Administrations are also required to ensure, through regular inspection and monitoring, that the institutions are run as per the provisions of the JJ Act and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Model Rule, 2016 framed there-under.
The financial norms under ICPS were revised with effect from 1st April, 2014. Some of the key features of the revised Scheme are, increased maintenance grant for children in homes, from existing Rs. 750 to Rs. 2000 per child per month; enhanced cost of construction from existing provision of Rs. 600 per sq. feet to Rs. 1000 per sq. feet and flexibility in the staffing pattern in service delivery structures, depending on the size and need of the State/UT.
(c): The details of fund released and utilized for infrastructure development and modernization of CCIs including Observation Homes and Special Homes, States/UT-wise during each of the last three years and the current year under ICPS is at Annexure-II.
(d): Yes, Madam. The details of funds provided by the Government to the States/UTs for construction of Observation Homes and Special Homes during the last three years, State/UT-wise under ICPS is at Annexure-III. So far no grant has been released for construction of Observation and Special Home during current financial year 2017-18.
(e) & (f): The setting up of Children Homes and SAAs are decided by the inter- ministerial Project Approval Board (PAB) constituted under ICPS to consider and approve the financial proposals received from the State Governments/UT Administrations, on the basis of need assessment carried out and requirement projected in the respective proposals.
Under Section 41 of the JJ Act, registration of institutions including Homes for children in conflict with law has been made mandatory with penalty in case of non-compliance. Section 53 of the Act provides for several rehabilitation and re-integration services in institutions such as education, vocational training, mental health interventions, counseling, etc. Under Section 8 of the Act, the Juvenile Justice Board is required to conduct at least one inspection visit every month of residential facilities for children in conflict with law and recommend action for improvement in quality of services to the District Child Protection Unit and the State Government. Under Section 54, the State Governments are required to appoint inspection Committees for the State and district for mandatory inspection of all facilities housing children, at least once in three months.
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Annexure-I
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4295 for 11.08.2017 raised by Shrimati Bhavana Pundalikarao Gawali Patil, Dr. Ravindra Babu and Shrimati Rekha Verma regarding “Observation and Special Homes for Juveniles”.
State/UT-wise details of Homes for children in conflict with law and supported under ICPS
S. No. State/UT Observation Home Special Home Observation cum Special Home Place of Safety Juvenile Home as on 31/03/2017
1 Andhra Pradesh 12 2 2 0 16
2 Arunachal Pradesh 2 0 10 0 12
3 Assam 5 0 0 1 6
4 Bihar 19 1 0 3 23
5 Chhattisgarh 16 7 0 5 28
6 Goa 0 0 20 0 20
7 Gujarat 3 0 3 0 6
8 Haryana 5 3 0 0 8
9 Himachal Pradesh 0 0 1 0 1
10 Jammu and Kashmir 8 1 0 0 9
11 Jharkhand 10 1 0 0 11
12 Karnataka 16 1 0 0 17
13 Kerala 14 2 0 1 17
14 Madhya Pradesh 18 3 0 0 21
15 Maharashtra 53 0 2 0 55
16 Manipur 4 0 1 0 5
17 Meghalaya 3 0 0 0 3
18 Mizoram 8 2 0 0 10
19 Nagaland 11 2 0 0 13
20 Orissa 0 0 8 0 8
21 Punjab 4 2 0 0 6
22 Rajasthan 36 0 1 0 37
23 Sikkim 2 1 0 0 3
24 Tamil Nadu 8 2 0 0 10
25 Tripura 1 0 0 0 1
26 Uttar Pradesh 29 5 0 0 34
27 Uttarakhand 7 2 0 0 9
28 West Bengal 6 0 4 0 10
29 Telangana 10 1 1 0 12
30 Andaman & Nicobar 0 0 0 0 0
31 Chandigarh 0 0 1 0 1
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0 0
33 Daman and Diu 0 0 0 0 0
34 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0
35 NCT of Delhi 4 1 0 1 6
36 Puducherry 2 0 0 0 2
Total 316 39 54 11 420
Annexure-II
Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4295 for 11.08.2017 raised by Shrimati Bhavana Pundalikarao Gawali Patil, Dr. Ravindra Babu and Shrimati Rekha Verma regarding “Observation and Special Homes for Juveniles”.
The details of fund released and utilized for infrastructure development and modernization of CCIs including Observation Homes and Special Homes, States/UT wise during each of the last three years and the current year under ICPS
Status of grant released and utilized under Integrated Child Protection Scheme [ICPS]
Sl. No. Name of the State 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Amount released Amount Utilized Amount released Amount Utilized Amount released Amount Utilized Amount released
1 Andhra Pradesh 301.62 275.24 238.58 500.52 110.74 622.79 1469.88
2 Arunachal Pradesh 130.68 84.17 571.68 92.02 52.29 * 155.31
3 Assam 1010.36 1332.49 597.90 1025.07 413.64 1112.98 2640.14
4 Bihar 204.75 1721.6 2687.89 1896.52 2787.92 1922.85 541.56
5 Chattisgarh 821.24 1620.47 3955.55 2086.26 527.77 1683.25 359.76
6 Goa 100.00 240.11 235.25 39.68 36.83 98.27 -
7 Gujarat 1925.75 1404.29 2328.90 1510.37 769.95 1526.53 126.90
8 Haryana 1526.72 678.15 496.44 350.89 0.00 1224.85 115.16
9 Himachal Pradesh 835.71 228.25 604.04 1255.12 2345.48 2390.26 386.17
10 Jammu & Kashmir 0 0 113.35 0.00 43.12 114.71 624.24
11 Jharkhand 36.03 87.32 369.88 387.42 840.11 * 241.88
12 Karnataka 3689.87 3747.81 1845.24 2193.66 3720.80 * 825.26
13 Kerala 1354.35 1340.30 944.39 660.25 260.50 * 721.53
14 Madhya Pradesh 1889.69 2096.53 1116.03 2373.81 2503.88 * 708.10
15 Maharashtra 762.32 762.32 3138.75 1975.29 2272.33 * 383.99
16 Manipur 138.48 1986.84 3082.18 1163.81 241.34 472.58 339.00
17 Meghalaya 2003.83 1975.50 1469.55 1497.88 2060.33 2060.33 446.60
18 Mizoram 1919.02 1919.02 2079.44 2079.44 1949.55 1949.55 443.08
19 Nagaland 957.41 1662.70 2257.65 1473.21 1350.37 1450.77 357.45
20 Odisha 2544.82 1786.31 3309.07 2669.74 1089.22 1670.26 1655.96
21 Punjab 507.12 570.61 820.81 515.57 581.67 * 143.24
22 Rajasthan 3395.82 3654.40 3258.92 2929.43 0.00 2267.52 2286.60
23 Sikkim 390.24 413.88 562.00 303.74 601.18 * 15.36
24 Tamil Nadu 3067.10 4357.31 825.04 4282.78 13039.37 * 2013.12
25 Telangana 2087.59 203.53 354.88 93.94 195.64 * -
26 Tripura 1227.34 1073.70 710.63 680.20 676.04 * 132.20
27 Uttar Pradesh 1798.90 3552.11 2884.18 3293.57 3207.19 3109.82 625.67
28 Uttarakhand 83.48 11.05 66.88 3.89 15.54 187.54 196.85
29 West Bengal 2574.04 4348.35 508.67 1067.29 6763.87 6042.00 915.35
30 Andaman & Nicobar Island 145.90 0 36.03 36.03 36.88 36.76 31.66
31 Chandigarh 21.98 228.30 357.82 324.15 245.44 329.59 -
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 68.61 6.71 58.66 5.84 177.59 * 24.82
33 Daman & Diu 80.61 32.73 82.82 57.69 126.42 80.33 21.89
34 Delhi 606.22 838.68 1363.40 931.53 978.64 1024.94 75.41
35 Lakshadweep 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 * -
36 Puducherry 1168.57 676.23 559.60 622.75 826.33 * 111.12
Total 39376.17 44917.01 43892.10 40379.36 50847.97 31378.48 19135.26
* Utilization certificate is still awaited.
Annexure-III
Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4295 for 11.08.2017 raised by Shrimati Bhavana Pundalikrao Gawali Patil, Dr. Ravindra Babu, Shrimati Rekha Verma regarding “Observation and Special Homes for Juveniles”
Details of fund provided for Construction of Observation & Special Homes under ICPS
Sl. No. Name of the State Construction of Observation & Special Homes 2014-15 Construction of Observation & Special Homes 2015-16 Construction of Observation & Special Homes 2016-17 Construction of Observation & Special Homes 2017-18
Proposal Received and Approved Amount (Rs. In Lakhs) Proposal Received and Approved Amount (Rs. In Lakhs) Proposal Received and Approved Amount (Rs. In Lakhs) Proposal Received and Approved Amount (Rs. In Lakhs)
1 Andhra Pradesh - - - - - - - -
2 Arunachal Pradesh 2 116.99 4 253.49 - - - -
3 Assam - - - - - - - -
4 Bihar - - - - 5 298.05 - -
5 Chhattisgarh - - 7 374.43 - - - -
6 Goa - - - - - - - -
7 Gujarat - - - - - - - -
8 Haryana - - - - - - - -
9 Himachal Pradesh - - - - - - - -
10 Jammu and Kashmir - - - - - - - -
11 Jharkhand - - - - - - - -
12 Karnataka - - - - - - - -
13 Kerala - - 1 52.47 - - - -
14 Madhya Pradesh - - - - - - - -
15 Maharashtra - - - - - - - -
16 Manipur - - - - - - - -
17 Meghalaya - - - - - - - -
18 Mizoram - - - - - - - -
19 Nagaland 1 89.41 - - 2 157.41 - -
20 Orissa 2 141.38 1 28.07 - - - -
21 Punjab 2 133.21 2 66.79 - - - -
22 Rajasthan - - 3 157.41 - - - -
23 Sikkim - - - - 1 78.98 - -
24 Tamil Nadu - - - - - - - -
25 Tripura 1 54.21 - - 1 23.24 - -
26 Uttar Pradesh 6 312.93 - - 2 104.94 - -
27 Uttarakhand - - - - - - - -
28 West Bengal - - 1 52.47 - - - -
29 Telangana - - - - - - - -
30 Andaman & Nicobar - - - - - - - -
31 Chandigarh - - - - - - - -
32 Dadra and Nagar Haveli - - - - - - - -
33 Daman and Diu - - - - - - - -
34 Lakshadweep - - - - - - - -
35 NCT of Delhi - - - - - - - -
36 Puducherry - - - - - - - -
Total 14 848.13 19 985.13 11 662.62 0 0.00
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