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Child Abuse in India
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Child Abuse in India
1. Introduction
Traditionally in India, the responsibility of care and protection of children has been with
families and communities. While the Constitution of India guarantees many fundamental
rights to the children, the approach to ensure the fulfillment of these rights was more needs
based rather than rights based. The transition to the rights based approach in the
Government and civil society is still evolving.
Child abuse is a state of emotional, physical, economic and sexual maltreatment
meted out to a person below the age of eighteen and is a globally prevalent phenomenon 1.
According to UNICEF violence against children can be "physical and mental abuse
and injury, neglect or negligent treatment, exploitation and sexual abuse. Violence may take
place in homes, schools, orphanages, residential care facilities, on the streets, in the
workplace, in prisons and in places of detention."
According to WHO, child abuse has many forms: physical, emotional, sexual, neglect,
and exploitation. Any of these that are potentially or actually harmful to a child's health,
survival, dignity and development are abuse2.
Child abuse is a violation of the basic human rights of a child. The problem of child
abuse and human rights violations is one of the most critical matters on the international
human rights agenda3.
2. Types of Child Abuse
Physical Abuse: Physical abuse is the inflicting of physical injury upon a child. This may
include burning, hitting, punching, shaking, kicking, beating or otherwise harming a child.
Sexual Abuse: Sexual abuse is inappropriate sexual behaviour with a child that she/he does
not understand. This abuse includes using child for pornography, sexual materials,
prostitutions and unlawful sexual practices.
1
India, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Study on Child Abuse INDIA 2007, p. v
2
www.childlineindia.org.in
3
Op.cit, Study on Child Abuse INDIA 2007, p. 3
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Emotional Abuse: Emotional abuse is also known as verbal abuse, mental abuse, and
psychological maltreatment. It includes acts or the failures to act by parents or caretakers that
have caused or could cause, serious behavioural, cognitive, emotional, or mental trauma.
Neglect: It is the failure to provide for the child's basic needs. Neglect can be physical,
educational, or emotional. Physical neglect can include not providing adequate food or
clothing, appropriate medical care, supervision, or proper weather protection (heat or cold). It
may include abandonment. Educational neglect includes failure to provide appropriate
schooling or special educational needs. Psychological neglect includes the lack of any
emotional support and love, never attending to the child, substance abuse including allowing
the child to participate in drug and alcohol use4.
Exploitation: It can be commercial or otherwise, whereby the child is used for some form of
labour, or other activity that is beneficial for other. Example: Child Labour or child
prostitution5.
3. Effects of Child Abuse
When a child experiences physical or emotional abuse, they feel lonely, scared,
worthless and unloved.
Physical Effects: The most obvious effect of child abuse is physical injury to the child.
According to the Child Welfare Information Gateway, a division of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, physical injuries can be minor, such as bruises, or
severe, such as broken bones or even death, but the pain and suffering leaves much
deeper emotional scars.
Psychological Effects: Kids who get abused often feel isolated, fearful and
untrusting, and these immediate emotional effects can transform into lifelong
consequences, including low self-esteem, depression and relationship difficulties.
Behavioral Effects: According to CWIG, abused and neglected kids likely to
experience problems such as delinquency, teen pregnancy and teen drug use for
criminal behavior as a juvenile6.
4
Op.cit, Study on Child Abuse INDIA 2007, pp. 3-4
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www.childlineindia.org.in
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4. Child Abuse Scenario
(A). Child abuse across the globe: The UN Secretary General's Study on Violence against
Children has given the following overview of the situation of abuse and violence against
children across the globe.
WHO estimates that almost 53,000 child deaths in 2002 were due to child homicide.
The Global School-Based Student Health Survey carried out in a wide range of
developing countries and industrialized countries which indicates that between 20% and
65% of school going children reported having been verbally or physically bullied in school
in the previous 30 days.
An estimated 150 million girls and 73 million boys under 18 have experienced forced
sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual violence involving physical contact.
ILO estimates that 218 million children were involved in child labour in 2004, of whom
126 million were engaged in hazardous work. Estimates from 2000 suggest that 5.7
million were in forced or bonded labour, 1.8 million in prostitution and pornography and
1.2 million were victims of trafficking.
Only 2.4% of the world's children are legally protected from corporal punishment in all
settings7.
(B). Child abuse in Asia: While certain child abuse and neglect issues are common in almost
all countries at the global level such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional and
psychological abuse, abandonment and, increasingly, problems of street children, there
are also many issues which are prevalent only in certain regions of the world. For
instance, in Asia where population density is high, the issues of child labour and child
sexual exploitation are also high. Political instability and other internal disturbances,
including conditions of insurgency in many countries in Asia are also creating major
problems, with increasing number of child soldiers, refugee children and trafficked
children on the streets.
6
http://www.livestrong.com/article/229260-causes-effects-of-child-abuse/
7
Op.cit, Study on Child Abuse INDIA 2007, p. 5
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Mostly, the approaches for prevention and methods of treatment of child abuse do not
cover the entire gamut of abuse. Lack of reliable data on the incidence of child abuse and
of knowledge of methods of prevention and treatment has been recognized and is being
addressed by sovereign governments, national and international organizations e.g.,
UNICEF, Save the Children, Plan International, International Society for Prevention of
Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN), etc8.
(C). Child Abuse in India: India is home to almost 19 % of the world‟s children. More than
one third of the country‟s population, around 440 million, is below 18 years. The strength
of the nation lies in having healthy, protected, educated and well-developed children who
may grow up to be productive citizens of the country. It is estimated that around 170
million or 40 per cent of India‟s children are vulnerable or experiencing difficult
circumstances characterized by their specific social, economic and geo-political situations.
All these children need special attention9.
Harmful traditional practices like child marriage, caste system, discrimination against the
girl child, child labour and Devadasi tradition impact negatively on children and increase
their vulnerability to abuse and neglect. Lack of adequate nutrition, poor access to
medical and educational facilities, migration from rural to urban areas leading to rise in
urban poverty, children on the streets and child beggars, all result in break down of
families. These increase the vulnerabilities of children and exposes them to situations of
abuse and exploitation10.
4 (C)- (a) Incidence of Crime against Children
Although there is a dearth of data on the nature and magnitude of the incidence of
child abuse in India, data on offences against children reported by the National Crime
Records Bureau (NCRB) is the only authentic source to estimate the number of children in
abusive situations. It is important to note here that the NCRB data is only indicative in nature
on the reported cases. It is also an accepted fact the majority of cases of child abuse go un-
reported11.
8
Ibid, p. 5
9
India, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Annual Report 2013-14, p. 61
10
Op.cit, Study on Child Abuse INDIA 2007, p. 6
11
Op.cit, Study on Child Abuse INDIA 2007, p. 8
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Crimes against children in the country and % variation in 2012 over 201112
Sl. No. Crime Head Year % Variation in
2012 over 2011
2010 2011 2012
1. Murder 1,408 1,451 1,597 10.1
2. Infanticide 100 63 81 28.6
3. Rape 5,484 7112 8,541 20.1
4. Kidnapping & abduction 10,670 15284 18266 19.5
5. Foeticide 111 132 210 59.1
6. Abetment of suicide 56 61 144 136.1
7. Exposure & abandonment 725 700 821 17.3
8. Procuration of minor girls 679 862 809 -6.1
9. Buying of girls for prostitution 78 27 15 -44.4
10. Selling of girls for prostitution 130 113 108 -4.4
11. Other crimes (including Prohibition of 7,253 7293 7580 3.9
Child Marriage Act 2006)
Total 26,694 33,098 38172 15.3
The above table indicates that between 2010 and 2012 there was a steep rise in the
total number of crimes against children. In 2010, 26694 cases were registered as against
38172 cases registered in 2012. Incidence of kidnapping and abduction of children were
around 10670 in 2010 and 15284 in 2011, which rose to and 18266 in 2012.
Although the reported number of cases infanticide has decreased from 100 to 81,
media and other reports indicate that the unofficial number is much higher. Reported cases of
child rape, one of the worst forms of sexual abuse, have increased in number between 2010
and 2012, from 5484 cases to 8541 respectively, indicating an increase of 20.1%.
However, child abuse is prevalent in India as in many other countries and there is a
need to understand its dimensions and complexities13.
12
Crime Against Children, http://ncrb.gov.in/CD-CII2012/cii-2012/Chapter%206.pdf
13
Op.cit, Study on Child Abuse INDIA 2007, p. 8
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A total number of 33098, 38172 and 58224 cases of crime against children which
includes murder, infanticide, rape, kidnapping & abduction etc. have been registered in the
year 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively. The State-wise details of the crime against women
and children during the last three years is at Annexure-I14
The study entitled „Eliminating Corporal Punishment in School‟ conducted during 2009-
2010 by NCPCR in seven states with a sample size of 6632 children concluded that most
children had experienced punishment of one kind or the other. The study also reported that
children remain silent due to fear. Unless the violance became unbearable they do not inform
anyone.
The above-mentioned study led to the development of Guidelines for Eliminating
Corporal Punishment in Schools by the Commission; which were later shared with the
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). These guidelines were approved by
MHRD on 26th March 2014 and an advisory was issued to all State Governments and central
educational boards15.
4 (C)- (b) Laws, Policy and Programmes for Care and Protection of Children
Some of the existing child protection Law, Policies and Programmes are given below:
National Policy for Children (NPC), 2013: The Government has adapted a new National
Policy for Children on 26th April, 2013. The Policy reaffirms the Government's
commitment to the realization of the rights of all children in the country. It recognizes
every person below the age of eighteen years as a child and that childhood is an integral
part of life with a value of its own, and a long term, sustainable, multispectral, integrated
and inclusive approach is necessary for the harmonious development and protection of
children.
The Policy lays down the guiding principles that must be respected by the national, state
and local, Governments in their actions and initiatives affecting children. The Policy has
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Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2986 dated 18.12.2014
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Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2974 dated 18.12.2014
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identified survival, health, nutrition, education, development, protection and participation
as the undeniable rights of every child; and has also declared these as key priority areas.
As children's needs are multispectral, interconnected and require collective action, the
Policy aims at purposeful convergence and strong coordination across different sectors
and levels of governance; active engagement and-partnerships with all stakeholders;
setting up of a comprehensive and reliable knowledge base; provision of adequate
resources; and sensitization and capacity development of all those who work for and with
children.
National Commission for Protection of the Child Rights: The National Commission
for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) was set up in March, 2007 under the Commissions
for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005. The Commission's mandate is to ensure that all
laws, policies, programmes, and administrative mechanisms are in consonance with the
child rights perspective as enshrined in the Constitution of India and also the UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child16.
The study report of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) titled
“Assessment of pattern, profile and correlates of Substance use among children in India”
indicates that 40 to 70 percent of street children in different cities of India are vulnerable
to some type of substance abuse. The report also indicates that out of 4024 children
surveyed in 135 cities, 22 percent were street children who were victims of substance
abuse. However, NCPCR does not have any specific data to prove that one in every four
children in metropolitan cities is a victim of substance abuse17.
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012: To deal with
child abuse cases, the Government has brought in a special law "The Protection of
Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012". The Act has come into force with effect from
14th November, 2012 along with the rules framed thereunder. The Act defines a child as
any person below the age of 18 years and provides protection to all children from the
offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography. An offence is treated as
"aggravated" when committed by a person in a position of trust or authority of child such
16
Op.cit, Annual Report 2013-14, p. 61
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Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1383 dated 4.12.2014
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as a member of security forces, police officer, public servant, etc. the Act provides for the
establishment of Special Courts for trail of offences under the Act, keeping the best
interest of the child as of paramount importance at every stage of the judicial process. The
Act incorporates child friendly procedures for reporting, recording of evidence,
investigation and trail of offences.
The Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act [JJ Act]:The Juvenile
Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, enacted in 2000, is the primary law in the
country relating to welfare of juveniles in conflict with law as well as children in need of
care and protection; and defines the 'child' as a person below eighteen years of age. The
JJ Act was amended, in 2006 to make it more effective by providing time-lines for setting
up of Juvenile Justice Boards and Child Welfare Committees and compulsory registration
of Child Care Institutions, etc. The scope of the Act was also widened to include working
children, children living on the streets, those found begging, etc. The Act has been further
amended in the year 2011 to remove discriminatory references to children affected by
disease such as leprosy, tuberculosis, hepatitis-B, etc; and notification in this regard has
also been issued on 8th September, 201118.
Further changes in the Act are also under consideration in the Ministry. The Ministry of
Women and Child Development is persistently urging the State Governments/UT
Administrations to identify and register all Child Care Institutions (CCIs) under the
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (JJ Act) in order to ensure
that children in all the Homes receive the best of care, and are not subject to abuse and
neglect.
The Government has proposed a new Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)
Bill, 2014 to address various issues, inter-alia the condition of Homes. The Bill has been
introduced in the Lok Sabha on 12.8.2014 and there is a provision of Mandatory
registration of all child care institutions along with stringent penalty in case of non-
compliance which includes imprisonment which may extend to one year or a fine of not
less than one lakh rupees or both19.
18
Op.cit, Annual Report 2013-14, p. 61
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Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1392 dated 4.12.2014
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Apart from these Child friendly Legislation such as Child Labour (Prohibition and
Regulation) Act, 1986 and Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
have been enacted for improving the safety and security of children and reducing atrocities
against them20.
4 (C)- (c) SCHEMES FOR PROTECTION OF CHILDREN: Some of the existing schemes
for protection of child are given below:
Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS): Ministry of Women and Child
Development is implementing this comprehensive Centrally Sponsored Scheme since
2009-10 through the State Governments/UT Administrations on predefined cost sharing
financial pattern. The objectives of the Scheme are to contribute to the improvement in
the well being of children in difficult circumstances as well as reduction of vulnerabilities
to situation and actions that lead to abuse, neglect, exploitation, abandonment and
separation of children from parents.
ICPS provides preventive, statutory care and rehabilitation services to children who are in
need of care and protection and children in conflict with law as defined under the Juvenile
Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and its Amendment Act, 2006; and
any other vulnerable child. It provides financial support to State GovernmentsfUT
Administrations for running services for children either themselves or through suitable
NG0s. These services include (a) Homes of various types for children; (b) Emergency
Outreach services through Childline; (c) Open Shelters for children in need of care and
protection in Urban and Semi Urban Areas; (d) Family Based Non-Institutional Care
through Sponsorship, Foster Care and Adoptions.
Financial assistance under the Scheme is also provided for setting up of statutory bodies
under the JJ Act namely, Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) and Juvenile Justice Boards
(JJBs).
Revision of Scheme in 12th Plan: Continuation of the ICPS in the XII Plan has been
approved with revised norms and structures from 12 April, 2014, with a cumulative
budget of Rs. 3,000.33 crores, including a Central share of Rs. 2,350.00 crores and a
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Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2986 dated 18.12.2014
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State share of Rs. 650.33 crores. The budget allocation under ICPS for the XII Plan
period is Rs. 2,350.00 Crore.
Statutory & Service Delivery Structures: Considerable progress has been made under
ICPS in establishing statutory bodies. 619 Child Welfare Committees (240 before
introduction of the Scheme) and 608 Juvenile Justice Boards (211 before introduction of
ICPS) have so far been established all over the country. To ensure that proper focus is
maintained on child protection, and quality of services is up to the mark, the Scheme
envisages creating a service delivery network, exclusively for child protection, which has
been provided with setting up and maintenance of 34 State Child Protection Societies, 31
State Project Support Units, 29 State Adoption Resource Agencies and 615 District Child
Protection Units.
Rehabilitation & Reintegration Services: In 2013-14, (i.e. upto 31.012014) under the
Scheme, 263 Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAB) and 1,289 Homes of various types
have been funded. These provide comprehensive rehabilitation services including food,
clothing, day and night shelter, education, medical facilities, etc. to 74,983 children. For
improving the quality of infrastructure in the Homes, assistance has been provided this
year for upgradation of 22 Homes. Grants for construction of 14 new Homes have been
released for uncovered areas. Further, 205 open shelters have also been funded during
2013- 14 under 1CPS which provide, inter alia, bridge education, vocational training,
food, etc. to children living on the streets.
Sensitisation of State Functionaries: National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child
Development (NIPCCD) is the nodal agency for trainings and capacity building of
functionaries under ICPS. More than 2,036 functionaries under ICPS at the State and
District levels have been trained.
Implementation of Trackchild: To fast track the implementation of the software all over
the country, the Ministry along with National Informatics Centre (NIC) has launched a
country-wide training programme for Police Officials and Child Protection Personnel.
Training has already been conducted in 35 States; and it is seen that already 1,722
Police Stations; and 2,254 Child Care Institutions have uploaded the data of children in
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their care. This has resulted in an increase in the number of children recovered and
returned to their families.
Childline Services: Childline is a 24-hour toll free emergency outreach telephone
service (1098) for children in distress, being run by the Ministry through a mother NGO —
Childline India Foundation (CIF). Any child requiring assistance, or adults on their behalf,
can call the service for help. Childline personnel reach out to the child and provide
necessary assistance through linkages with hospitals, Child Welfare Committees, Shelter
Homes, Police, etc. This service was started in 1996 with one location, i.e., Mumbai and
by 2007-08 the number had risen gradually to 83 locations. So far, Childline has received
more than 31 lakh calls till March, 2014 during 2013-14. A majority of these have been
for shelter, medical assistance, protection from abuse, emotional support and guidance,
information regarding referral services and missing children.
Rajiv Gandhi National Crèche Scheme for Children of Working Mothers: Rajiv
Gandhi National Crèche Scheme for Children of Working and other deserving Recurring
grant women provides day care facilities to children in the age group 0-6 years from
Families with monthly income of less than I 2,000/-.
Girl Child Scheme: The Girl Child continues to be the most vulnerable member of the
society in India. The 2011 Census shows that there has been an improvement in social
indicators such as literacy and gender gap in effective literacy rate and that the overall
sex ratio from 933 to 943. At an age group wise dis-aggregated level the Census shows
a decline in the ratio of girls per thousand boys in the age soup of 0-6 years, i.e. the Child
Sex. Ratio declined to 919 in 2011 from the 927 in 2001. The latest Census clearly
shows that decline in Child Sex Ratio has now been witnessed in as many as 22 States
and 5 Union Territories.
Several measures are being undertaken to check the declining sex ratio which include
discouraging the use of sex selection techniques as well as encouraging and rewarding
the girl child. The pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act.
1994 is being administered by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The Ministry of
Women and Child Development has taken a number of initiatives to enhance the status
of girl child, e.g., January 24 has been declared "National Girl Child Day" since 2009 and
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a new scheme 'Care and Protection of Girl Child' — A Multi Sectoral Action Plan to
improve Child Sex Ratio', etc. is being formulated.
Other Initiatives: Community sensitization and awareness generation activities are
being undertaken, notably, Beti Janmohotsava, which is an initiative under Mission
Poorna Shakti in Pali, Rajasthan for promoting the value of girl child amongst the
community. Beti Bachhao, Beti Padhao and Sukanaya Samriddhhi Account are recently
launched Scheme by Government of India in a bid to encourage birth and education of
girls and tackle the abysmal low child sex ratio of 918 girls for 1000 boys.
Child Marriage: Child marriage is a violation of child rights. According to National Family
Health Survey NHS-3), it was estimated that around 47% of married women in the age
group of 20-24 years were married before attaining the age of 18 years. In particular,
child marriage has serious health repercussion on girls, such as frequent pregnancies,
miscarriages and early motherhood.
The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006 was enacted repealing the Child
Marriage Restraint Act of 1929, and the Act came into force on November, 2007. PCMA,
2006 makes child marriage an offence and prescribes - punishment for those
conducting/abetting/promoting/permitting/ solemnizing child marriage21.
As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, total number of cases
registered and persons convicted under Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 during
2011 to 2013 are at Annexure-II22.
Ujjawala is a comprehensive scheme for prevention of trafficking and rescue,
rehabilitation, re-integration and repatriation of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual
exploitation.
CARINGS A web-based Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System
(CARINGS) to make the process of adoption more transparent; and guidelines for in-
country and inter-country adoption to regulate and monitor all adoption programmes23.
21
Op.cit, Annual Report 2013-14, pp. 61-67
22
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 4433 dated 8.8.2014
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Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 453 dated 7.8.2013
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Adolescence Education Programme: The Government of India has taken a decision to
upscale the National School AIDS Education Programme (SAEP) and implement the
Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) in all secondary and higher secondary
schools.
The Central Board of Secondary Education is implementing the AEP in all private schools
affiliated to it.
Adolescence Education is an intervention to impart accurate and adequate knowledge
about the process of growing up with a focus on reproductive and sexual health in its
biological, psychological and socio-cultural dimensions, emotional health and coping with
life skills24.
Conclusion
One of the major problems in understanding the scope of the subject of 'child abuse' is
that it is extremely difficult to get responses from children on such a sensitive subject
because of their inability to fully understand the different dimensions of child abuse and to
talk about their experiences. It is therefore difficult to gather data on abused children. Further,
definitions of abuse are not yet consistent within countries, much less from country to country
or region to region. Governments do estimate that the number of abused and neglected
children is alarming and it responds to the situation by way of both prevention and treatment
for protecting their basic rights25.
The gravity of the situation demands that the issue of child abuse be placed on the
national agenda. The Ministry on its part has taken measures such as the enabling
legislation to establish the national and State Commissions for Protection of Rights of the
Child, the Integrated Child Protection Scheme, the draft Offences against Children Bill etc.
These are a few important steps to ensure protection of children of the country. The
Government, civil society and communities need to complement each other and work
towards creating a protective environment for children26.
24
www.cbse.nic.in
25
Op.cit, Study on Child Abuse INDIA 2007, p. 5
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www.unicef.org
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Annexure-I
State-wise details of the crime against children during the last three
years
SL STATE/UT Crimes Against Children
2011 2012 2013
1 Andhra Pradesh 2213 2274 2576
2 Arunachal Pradesh 35 39 82
3 Assam 236 392 518
4 Bihar 2233 2894 1580
5 Chhattisgarh 1782 1881 3737
6 Goa 75 122 270
7 Gujarat 1131 1327 2076
8 Haryana 280 1015 1640
9 Himachal Pradesh 260 266 428
10 Jammu & Kashmir 25 40 75
11 Jharkhand 85 113 129
12 Karnataka 334 875 1353
13 Kerala 1452 1324 1877
14 Madhya Pradesh 4383 5168 8247
15 Maharashtra 3362 3456 6410
16 Manipur 87 104 123
17 Meghalaya 104 91 183
18 Mizoram 54 95 78
19 Nagaland 20 13 8
20 Odisha 315 418 1123
21 Punjab 622 877 1336
22 Rajasthan 1491 1807 2888
23 Sikkim 29 30 39
24 Tamil Nadu 925 1036 1188
25 Tripura 102 20 100
26 Uttar Pradesh 5500 6033 9857
27 Uttarakhand 83 122 232
28 West Bengal 1450 1706 2530
29 A&N Islands 77 28 54
30 Chandigarh 74 96 213
31 D&N Haveli 11 8 14
32 Daman & Diu 3 8 14
33 Delhi UT 4250 4462 7199
34 Lakshadweep 0 0 0
35 Puducherry 15 32 47
TOTAL 33098 38172 58224
Source: Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2986 dated 18.12.2014
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Annexure-II
No. of Cases Registered (CR) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 during in the year 2011, 2012 and 2013.
2011 2012 2013
SL STATE CR PCV CR PCV CR
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 13 37 29 4 16
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 3 10 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 5 9 0 0 1
4 BIHAR 19 8 16 0 1
5 CHHATTISGARH 4 7 2 0 1
6 GOA 5 5 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 14 9 12
8 HARYANA 6 0 11 1 17
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 2
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 1
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 20 0 26
13 KERALA 15 0 6 0 11
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 3 0 6
15 MAHARASHTRA 25 0 6 0 16
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 1 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 1 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 12 0 10 23 5
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 56
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 1
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 5 3 5
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 43 0 43
29 A&N ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0
31 D&N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0
32 DAMAN & DIU 5 0 0 0 0
33 DELHI UT 0 0 1 0 1
34 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0
35 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 1 0 1
TOTAL ALL INDIA 113 76 169 40 222
Source: Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4433 dated 8.8.2014
