List of Child Care Institutions in India
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2017
TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2021
CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS
SHRI RAVIKUMAR D.:
Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) the total number of Child Care Institutions (CCIs) and the number of children in each of them, State / UT-wise;
(b) whether the Government maintains any records of COVID-19 infected children in these institutions, if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(c) the number of children in CCIs who died due to COVID-19; and
(d) the number of children infected with COVID-19 in privately held CCIs and the number of children who died of the same?
ANSWER: MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a) to (d): The State / UT-wise total number of Child Care Institutions (CCIs) and the number of children residing in each of them, supported under Child Protection (CPS) Scheme is at Annexure-I.
The children in distress situations merit care and protection under the provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. The Act and Rules made thereunder mandate a safety net of service delivery structures along with institutional and non-institutional care for these children. All the States / UTs have been asked to ensure immediate action for care and protection of children adversely impacted by COVID 19, in accordance with the provisions of the JJ Act 2015 and Rules thereunder. The responsibility of the implementation of the Act rests with the States / UTs. The State / UT-wise data of children living in Child Care Institutions, affected due to COVID as on 23.07.2021, as intimated by the States / UTs, is at Annexure-II.
Annexure-I
Annexure to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2017 for 30.07.2021 by Shri Ravikumar D. regarding “Child Care Institutions”.
The total number of CCIs and the number of children residing in each of them, State/UT-wise being supported under CPS Scheme as on 31.03.2021 is as follows:
| Homes | Open Shelters | Specialised Adoption Agencies | |||||
| S. No. | State / UT | Assisted | * Bene | Assisted | * Bene | Assisted | * Bene |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 72 | 2745 | 6 | 145 | 14 | 122 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 5 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Assam | 42 | 1464 | 6 | 82 | 19 | 78 |
| 4 | Bihar | 40 | 1647 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 197 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 66 | 1971 | 9 | 79 | 12 | 119 |
| 6 | Goa | 20 | 557 | 2 | 225 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 62 | 1766 | 3 | 55 | 13 | 125 |
| 8 | Haryana | 31 | 1546 | 14 | 414 | 7 | 57 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 32 | 1208 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Jammu and Kashmir | 14 | 759 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Jharkhand | 40 | 1582 | 5 | 83 | 10 | 102 |
| 12 | Karnataka | 87 | 3012 | 35 | 912 | 31 | 379 |
| 13 | Kerala | 29 | 452 | 4 | 74 | 11 | 65 |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | 65 | 2426 | 9 | 340 | 26 | 210 |
| 15 | Maharashtra | 77 | 3361 | 7 | 175 | 18 | 180 |
| 16 | Manipur | 54 | 1565 | 17 | 333 | 9 | 68 |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 44 | 807 | 4 | 160 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 | Mizoram | 43 | 969 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 49 |
| 19 | Nagaland | 37 | 642 | 3 | 113 | 4 | 15 |
| 20 | Orissa | 94 | 6833 | 12 | 296 | 27 | 263 |
| 21 | Punjab | 19 | 604 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 77 |
| 22 | Rajasthan | 104 | 4610 | 21 | 384 | 21 | 136 |
| 23 | Sikkim | 16 | 450 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 19 |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | 197 | 13465 | 11 | 144 | 21 | 210 |
| 25 | Tripura | 24 | 730 | 4 | 58 | 6 | 44 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | 75 | 4092 | 20 | 487 | 25 | 386 |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | 23 | 337 | 4 | 124 | 5 | 50 |
| 28 | West Benqal | 70 | 4010 | 37 | 925 | 25 | 322 |
| 29 | Telanqana | 40 | 1306 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 320 |
| 30 | Andaman & Nicobar | 10 | 359 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Chandigarh | 6 | 277 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| 32 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 10 |
| 33 | Ladakh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Lakshadweep | ||||||
| 35 | Delhi | 28 | 1196 | 9 | 254 | 3 | 50 |
| 36 | Puducherry | 25 | 906 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 35 |
| Total | 1592 | 67864 | 250 | 6000 | 373 | 3751 | |
* Beneficiaries
Annexure- II
Annexure to part (b) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2017 for 30.07.2021 by Shri Ravikumar D. regarding “Child Care Institutions”.
State/ UT-wise data of children who are affected in these institutions from Covid-19 as on 23.07.2021.
| S. No. | State/ UT | Number of Child affected from Covid-19 |
| 1. | Andhra Pradesh | 0 |
| 2. | Chandigarh | 0 |
| 3. | Chhattisgarh | 0 |
| 4. | Goa | 0 |
| 5. | Gujarat | 0 |
| 6 | Himachal Pradesh | 0 |
| 7. | Jammu and kashmir | 0 |
| 8. | Maharashtra | 0 |
| 9. | Manipur | 2 |
| 10. | Meghalaya | 0 |
| 11. | Odisha | 04 |
| 12. | Sikkim | 37 |
| 13. | Tamil Nadu | 02 |
| 14. | Telangana | 14 |
| 15. | Uttrakhand | 0 |
| 16. | West Bengal | 28 |
| Total | 87 |
SOURCE: LOK SABHA