GOVERNMENT OF MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1483

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4TH MARCH, 2020/ PHALGUNA 14, 1941 (SAKA)

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

1483. SHRI KAMAKHYA PRASAD TASA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of cases registered against illegal human trafficking in the country, the State-wise details thereof during last five years;

(b) the total number of cases solved during 2018-19; and

(c) how many children were trafficked during the period?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a): National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles data on human trafficking reported to it by States and Union Territories (UTs) and publishes the same in its annual publication ‘Crime in India’. The latest published report is of the year

2018. State/UT-wise details of human trafficking cases reported from 2014 to

2018 is given in Annexure-I.

(b): As per the data compiled by NCRB, total number of cases in which trials were completed were 669 in 2017 and 687 in 2018.

(c): The total number of children trafficked in the years 2017 and 2018 were

3535 and 2834 respectively.

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Annexure-I State/UT -wise Cases Registered under Human Trafficking during 2014-2018 Sl. State/UT 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 1 Andhra Pradesh 4 190 239 218 240 2 39 11 2 0 3 3 * 105 183 91 262 262 4 Bihar 85 52 43 121 127 5 Chhattisgarh 80 65 68 48 51 6 Goa 32 30 40 39 55 7 Gujarat 60 383 548 9 13 8 Haryana 44 75 51 22 34 9 Himachal Pradesh 8 11 8 11 6 10 Jammu & Kashmir 2 2 0 1 1 11 Jharkhand * 148 228 109 373 373 12 Karnataka 317 379 404 31 27 13 Kerala 5 23 21 53 105 14 Madhya Pradesh 41 49 51 87 63 15 Maharashtra 356 692 517 310 311 16 39 1 3 8 3 17 5 1 7 8 24 18 0 0 2 2 2 19 2 2 0 0 0 20 Odisha 765 73 84 63 75 21 Punjab 3 8 13 5 17 22 Rajasthan 464 1262 1422 316 86 23 0 0 1 3 1 24 Tamil Nadu 379 464 434 13 8 25 Telangana 176 606 229 329 242 26 1 1 0 2 2 27 Uttar Pradesh 25 22 79 46 35 28 Uttarakhand 43 29 12 20 29 29 West Bengal 1768 2099 3579 357 172 TOTAL STATE(S) 4996 6941 8057 2757 2367 30 A & N Islands 3 1 1 0 0 31 Chandigarh 12 22 1 0 0 32 D&N Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 33 Daman & Diu 7 1 7 1 0 34 Delhi UT 200 177 66 95 98 35 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 36 Puducherry 17 1 0 1 0 TOTAL UT(S) 239 202 75 97 98 TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 5235 7143 8132 2854 2465 Note :Data for the year 2014 & 2015 is provisional Due to non-receipt of data from Assam & Jharkhand for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used. Now UTs of Jammu and Kashmir and Laddakh Now UTs of D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu have been merged as one UT. Source : Monthly Anti Human Trafficking Data received from AHT Units of State/UT police for the year 2014 to 2016 and Annual Anti Human Trafficking Data received from AHT Units of State/UT published in Crime in India-2017,2018