WCD Ministry calls for Registration of Unregistered Child Care Institutions

PIB News Update: Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani has informed that Section 41 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) mandates that all institutions, which are meant, either wholly or partially, for housing children in need of care and protection or children in conflict with law, shall, be registered under this Act, within a period of six months from the date of commencement of this Act, regardless of whether they are receiving grants from the Central Government or the State Government.

Section 42 of JJ Act states that any person or persons in-charge of an institution failing to comply with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 41 shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to one year or a fine of not less than one lakh rupees or both, provided that every thirty day delay in applying for registration shall be considered as a separate offence. As directed by the Supreme Court of India vide its order dated 5^th May, 2017 in the matter of Writ (Crl.) No. 102 of 2007 Exploitation of Children in Orphanages in State of Tamil Nadu Vs. UOI & Ors., the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) issued advisories to States/UTs to register all Government and Non-Governmental Organization run CCIs under Sub-section (1) of Section (41) of JJ Act by 31^st December, 2017. The Ministry had directed all the States/UTs to initiate steps to close down those Institutions which have declined to register vide letter dated 20^th February, 2018. As on 19.06.2019, there are 7466 institutions registered under the JJ Act as reported by the States/UTs. The primary responsibility of execution of the Act lies with the States/UTs. The number of child care institutions that are registered under the JJ Act in the country as on 19.06.2019 is at Annexure-I.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) has launched the TrackChild web portal in 2012 for tracking missing children. The portal provides a database of “missing” and “found/recovered” children covered under the CPS and the JJ Act, 2015 through a networking and interactive platform of the various stakeholders including Police, Child Welfare Committees (CWCs), Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) and Child Care Institutions (CCIs).  The portal facilitates matching of the missing children being reported at the Police Stations with those found children residing in the Child Care Institutions (CCIs). The Ministry has been pursuing with the States/UTs Government including police for regularly uploading data of children on TrackChild portal. The details of the progress of mandatory data uploading on Track Child 2.0 portal by Child Care Institutions (CCIs) and State Governments is at Annexure-II.

Annexure-I

Details of registered CCIs working in the country, State/UT-wise as provided by States/UTs on 19.06.2019.

S. No.	Name of the States/UTs	Total No. of Districts	Total No. of Registered CCIs
1	Andaman & Nicobar Island	3	14
2	Andhra Pradesh	13	934
3	Arunachal Pradesh	25	14
4	Assam	33	118
5	Bihar	38	76
6	Chandigarh	1	10
7	Chhattisgarh	27	93
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	1	2
9	Daman & Diu	2	0
10	Delhi	10	72
11	Goa	2	63
12	Gujarat	33	143
13	Haryana	22	88
14	Himachal Pradesh	12	45
15	Jammu & Kashmir	22	149
16	Jharkhand	24	100
17	Karnataka	30	1177
18	Kerala *	14	817
19	Lakshdweep	1	0
20	Madhya Pradesh *	51	117
21	Maharashtra	36	170
22	Manipur	16	148
23	Meghalaya	11	80
24	Mizoram	8	52
25	Nagaland	11	66
26	Odisha	30	248
27	Puducherry	4	61
28	Punjab	22	75
29	Rajasthan	33	284
30	Sikkim	4	28
31	Tamil Nadu	32	1240
32	Telangana	33	477
33	Tripura	8	40
34	Uttar Pradesh	75	182
35	Uttarakhand	13	48
36	West Bengal	23	235
Total		723	7466

 

Annexure-II

 

The details of the progress of mandatory data uploading on Track Child 2.0 portal by Child Care Institutions (CCIs) and State Governments as on 22.11.2019.

 

S. No.	Name of the States/UTs	No. of CCIs entering data on TrackChild Portal
1	Andaman & Nicobar Island	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	73
3	Arunachal Pradesh	0
4	Assam	23
5	Bihar	54
6	Chandigarh	3
7	Chhattisgarh	11
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	0
9	Daman & Diu	0
10	Delhi	50
11	Goa	3
12	Gujarat	25
13	Haryana	27
14	Himachal Pradesh	32
15	Jammu & Kashmir	0
16	Jharkhand	0
17	Karnataka	544
18	Kerala *	18
19	Lakshdweep	0
20	Madhya Pradesh	88
21	Maharashtra	306
22	Manipur	10
23	Meghalaya	33
24	Mizoram	2
25	Nagaland	26
26	Odisha	90
27	Puducherry	3
28	Punjab	33
29	Rajasthan	108
30	Sikkim	0
31	Tamil Nadu	694
32	Telangana	0
33	Tripura	14
34	Uttar Pradesh	5
35	Uttarakhand	14
36	West Bengal	52
Total		2341