New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has expressed serious concern over the increasing number of human trafficking cases across India.
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, West Bengal are the four major states witnessing large number of human trafficking cases in three consecutive years.
Statistics available with the Home Ministry said that Andhra Pradesh had only four human trafficking cases in 2014, but subsequently, the figures went up to 190 in 2015 and 239 in 2016.
Gujarat had only 60 human trafficking cases in 2014, but it scaled up in 2015 and 2016 with 383 and 548 respectively.
Similarly, Rajasthan had witnessed 464 such cases in 2014, 1262 cases in 2015 and it touched the figure of 1422 in 2916.
West Bengal is also not far behind as far as increasing number of human trafficking cases are concerned. The state has witnessed 1768 such cases in 2014, 2099 cases in 2015 and 3579 human trafficking cases in 2016.
All this cases takes place inspite of the fact that Union Home Ministry provide financial assistance to all states for setting up anti human trafficking units. As per records, 332 anti human trafficking units have been setup in various districts of the states.
Interestingly, ministry of women and child development is also implementing the child protection services scheme in partnership with stated and union territories for providing institutional and non institutional care through service delivery structures as mandated under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
"Under the scheme, approximately 75,000 children including trafficked children who have been rescued are being supported in approximately 2000 child care institutions," a government official said.
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