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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3037
TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026
MISSION VATSALYA
3037. SHRI NARESH BANSAL:
Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:
(a) the details of measures taken under "Mission Vatsalya" to encourage family-based non-
institutional care as a preferred alternative to the institutionalization of children;
(b) the details of the "Vatsalya Sadan" established so far, State-wise/Union Territory-wise;
and
(c) the details of progress made in the integration and effective utilization of the Track Child
portal and the Mission Vatsalya portal to improve the tracing of missing children and case
management?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)
(a): This Ministry is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely ‘Mission Vatsalya’,
through the State and UT Governments to deliver various services for Children in Need of Care
and Protection (CNCP) as well as Children in Conflict with Law (CCL). These services include
Institutional Care and Non-Institutional Care.
Mission Vatsalya promotes family based non-institutional care of children in difficult
circumstances based on the principle of institutionalization of children as a measure of last resort.
Under non-institutional care, support is provided to the children through Sponsorship, Foster Care,
Adoption and After Care. The scheme provides Rs.4000/- per month to children eligible for non-
institutional care (Sponsorship/ Foster Care/ Aftercare).
(b): This Ministry has approved a total of 69 Vatsalya Sadans across country based on the
proposals received from States and UT governments under Mission Vatsalya. State and UT wise
details of these Vatsalya Sadans are at Annexure.
(c): This Ministry has developed an integrated unified Mission Vatsalya Portal in consultation
and coordination with States and UTs. The TrackChild portal for Missing/Found Children,Khoya-Paya application for Missing/Sighted Children and CARINGS portal for adoption have
been integrated with this unified Mission Vatsalya Portal. The TrackChild portal is implemented
with support and involvement of various stakeholders namely Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry
of Railways, State Governments and UT Administrations, Child Welfare Committees, Juvenile
Justice Boards, National Legal Services Authority, etc. Standard operating procedure have been
issued in this regard. Advisories have also been issued to all States and UTs including Director
General of Police of all States & UTs and other stakeholders regarding implementation of
TrackChild. It is also integrated with the Crime and Criminal Tracking & Network Systems
(CCTNS) of the Ministry of Home Affairs which allows interoperability in terms of matching of
F.I.Rs of missing children with data base of TrackChild to trace and match missing children by
the State and UT police concerned. Further, through Khoya Paya module any citizen can report
about any missing or sighted children.
Further, this Ministry has directed all State and UT Governments to appoint designated nodal
officers for Missing children at State Level and District levels. The details of these nodal officers
have been uploaded on Mission Vatsalya portal. Ministry of Home Affairs has also appointed a
nodal officer to coordinate with nodal officers from States and UTs on Mission Vatsalya and for
collection of data from States and UTs regarding missing children.
*****ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UN-
STARRED QUESTION NO.3037 FOR ANSWER ON 18.03.2026 BY SHRI NARESH
BANSAL REGARDING MISSION VATSALYA
NUMBER OF VATSALYA SADANS (INTEGRATED HOME COMPLEXES) APPROVED
STATE-WISE AND UNION TERRITORIES-WISE
S. No. Name of States/UTs Number of Vatsalya Sadan
1 Andhra Pradesh 1
2 Arunachal Pradesh 2
3 Assam 3
4 Chhattisgarh 6
5 Jammu and Kashmir 8
6 Jharkhand 5
7 Karnataka 2
8 Kerala 2
9 Madhya Pradesh 4
10 Maharashtra 12
11 Odisha 12
12 Punjab 4
13 Sikkim 1
14 Telangana 2
15 Tripura 3
16 Uttar Pradesh 1
17 Puducherry 1
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