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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS 

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1327 

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 07TH MARCH 2018

 

CROSS-BORDER CRIME OF CHILD TRAFFICKING

 

 

  1. SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:-

 

(a) Whether Government is aware that child trafficking is rampant and is happening across the country and whether it is a cross-border crime and is thriving on black money; and

 

(b) The steps taken by Government to tackle this organized cross-border crime?

 

 

 

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

(SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

 

(a): State-wise details of number of child victims trafficked and rescued during 2016, as compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau, are given in Annexure.

 

(b): ‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects and as such prevention of the crime of trafficking is primarily the responsibility of State Governments. The Central Government has been supplementing the efforts of the States and UTs by providing them regular guidance through various advisories issued from time to time. These advisories are available on the website of Ministry of Home Affairs at: http://mha.gov.in. The Ministry of Home Affairs has also provided financial assistance to all States for setting up Anti Human Trafficking Units in various districts of States.

India has signed bilateral Memoranda of Understanding for Prevention of Human Trafficking with the Governments of Bangladesh, UAE and Cambodia.
India has also signed the SAARC Convention on Prevention and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children in Prostitution. India has ratified the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime (UNCTOC) which has as one of its Protocols, Prevention, Suppression and Punishment of Trafficking in Persons, particularly Women and Children.

 

 

State/UT wise details of the Victims (below 18 years) Trafficked and Rescued during the tear 2016

S.No. State/UT Victims Trafficked Below 18 Yrs Victims Rescued Below 18 Yrs
Male Female Total Male Female Total
1 Andhra Pradesh 0 44 44 0 44 44
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 2 2 0 0 0
3 Assam 34 96 130 9 28 37
4 Bihar 183 13 196 183 13 196
5 Chhattisgarh 60 78 138 60 76 136
6 Goa 0 2 2 0 2 2
7 Gujarat 137 348 485 132 303 435
8 Haryana 5 8 13 5 8 13
9 Himachal Pradesh 2 2 4 2 2 4
10 Jammu and Kashmir 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jharkhand 18 72 90 4 27 31
12 Karnataka 113 219 332 113 219 332
13 Kerala 18 65 83 147 192 339
14 Madhya Pradesh 62 35 97 975 1678 2653
15 Maharashtra 78 94 172 78 94 172
16 Manipur 2 7 9 2 7 9
17 Meghalaya 0 1 1 0 1 1
18 Mizoram 0 2 2 0 2 2
19 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Odisha 98 108*1 206 96 96 192
21 Punjab 47 696 48 33 1 34
22 Rajasthan 1823 1 2519 5281 345 5626
23 Sikkim 0 195 1 0 1 1
24 Tamil Nadu 122 7 317 215 433 648
25 Telengana 0 4 7 0 7 7
26 Tripura 2 74 6 2 4 6
27 Uttar Pradesh 748 2 822 772 80 852
28 Uttarakhand 1 2687 3 1 2 3
29 West Bengal 426 0 3113 397 1819 2216
30 A and N Islands 0 1 0 0 0 0
31 Chandigarh 0 0 1 0 1 1
32 D and N Haveli 0 1 0 0 0 0
33 Daman and Diu 0 46 1 0 1 1
34 Delhi UT 144 0 190 144 46 190
35 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4123 4911 9034 8651 5532 14183

Source: Crime in India Note: i) *15 Transgender victims Trafficked from Odisha is included

 

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