District Child Protection Units
The State-wise number of District Child Protection Units (DCPU) formed and currently operational, supported under Child Protection Service(CPS) Scheme is at Annexure-I. The details of funds released and utilised by the States/UTs during last year is at Annexure-II.
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2021, to amend the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, has been passed by the Parliament. The amended Act shall empower District Magistrates (DM) with the responsibility of care and protection of vulnerable children and the DM shall supervise the functioning of District Child Protection Unit.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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Annexure-I
The number of DCPU formed and currently operational, which are being supported under CPS Scheme, State-wise is as follows:
| S. No. | State/UT | No. Assisted |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 13 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 25 |
| 3 | Assam | 33 |
| 4 | Bihar | 38 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 27 |
| 6 | Goa | 2 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 33 |
| 8 | Haryana | 22 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 12 |
| 10 | Jammu and Kashmir | 20 |
| 11 | Jharkhand | 24 |
| 12 | Karnataka | 30 |
| 13 | Kerala | 14 |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | 51 |
| 15 | Maharashtra | 36 |
| 16 | Manipur | 16 |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 11 |
| 18 | Mizoram | 11 |
| 19 | Nagaland | 11 |
| 20 | Orissa | 30 |
| 21 | Punjab | 22 |
| 22 | Rajasthan | 33 |
| 23 | Sikkim | 4 |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | 38 |
| 25 | Tripura | 8 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | 75 |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | 13 |
| 28 | West Bengal | 23 |
| 29 | Telangana | 33 |
| 30 | Andaman & Nicobar | 3 |
| 31 | Chandigarh | 1 |
| 32 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 3 |
| 33 | Ladakh | 2 |
| 34 | Lakshadweep | – |
| 35 | Delhi | 11 |
| 36 | Puducherry | 4 |
| Total | 732 |
| Annexure-II
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| The details of the funds released and utilised by the States/UTs during the last financial year 2020-21 is as follows: (Rs. in lakhs) | |||
| Sl. No. | Name of the State | 2020-21 | |
| Amount released | Amount Utilized | ||
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 1827.84 | 1295.78 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 293.55 | 866.50 |
| 3 | Assam | 3159.17 | 2373.00 |
| 4 | Bihar | 2203.71 | 2455.17 |
| 5 | Chattisgarh | 2281.81 | 2345.13 |
| 6 | Goa | 129.9 | 182.07 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 2590.93 | 1566.73 |
| 8 | Haryana | 2391.14 | 1312.70 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 1457.39 | 1554.12 |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir | 1490.55 | 710.62 |
| 11 | Jharkhand | 1425.26 | 1782.26 |
| 12 | Karnataka | 2897.87 | 3388.23 |
| 13 | Kerala | 1135.84 | 1085.16 |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | 3531.26 | 3201.52 |
| 15 | Maharashtra | 3433.13 | 4407.73 |
| 16 | Manipur | 3468.9 | 3454.03 |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 2014.36 | 2008.45 |
| 18 | Mizoram | 2243.71 | 2007.61 |
| 19 | Nagaland | 2125.64 | 2148.86 |
| 20 | Orissa | 3302.54 | 3599.52 |
| 21 | Punjab | 558.41 | 673.80 |
| 22 | Rajasthan | 3221.96 | 3869.82 |
| 23 | Sikkim | 612.81 | 501.61 |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | 9636.91 | 7620.64 |
| 25 | Telangana | 431.61 | 1182.38 |
| 26 | Tripura | 1075.65 | 1216.67 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | 5235.63 | 5157.43 |
| 28 | Uttarakhand | 712.37 | 291.57 |
| 29 | West Bengal | 4375.63 | 4704.87 |
| 30 | Andaman & Nicobar Island | 282.97 | 117.70 |
| 31 | Chandigarh | 169.21 | 361.14 |
| 32 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 55.96 | 136.67 |
| Daman & Diu | |||
| 33 | Delhi | 656.76 | 726.87 |
| 34 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 0.00 |
| 35 | Ladakh | 153.18 | 90.46 |
| 36 | Puducherry | 393.97 | 339.33 |
| Total | 70977.53 | 68736.15 | |
