Integrated Plan of Action to Prevent Human Trafficking

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INTEGRATED PLAN OF ACTION TO PREVENT & COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING BEING

DRAFTED

Lok Sabha

The Ministry of Home Affairs, The Ministry of Women and Child

Development, the National Human Rights Commission and National

Commission for Women are working in collaboration to draft an

Integrated Plan of Action to Prevent and Combat Human Trafficking

with Special Focus on Children and Women.

The various steps being taken by the Government to combat trafficking

are:-.

(i) A Central Advisory Committee (CAC) on implementation of Immoral

Traffic (Prevention) Act is functioning at Central level in the

Ministry of Women & Child Development, which is represented by States

as well as Central Organizations and NGOs etc. The CAC holds

quarterly meetings. Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act is in the

process of being amended to make it more stringent against

traffickers.

(ii) The Ministry of Home Affairs has set up a Nodal Cell to

coordinate, matters relating to trafficking in human beings between

the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations and other

related Ministries etc. and organize co-ordination meetings to review

and sensitize Police Officers of the States/Union Territories on the

subject.

(iii) The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR & D) has

prepared a training manual on " Human Trafficking Handbook for

Investigators " for use in the Police Training Institutes.

(iv) BPR & D is organizing regional anti-trafficking workshops for

sensitizing police personnel towards the safety and security of

women. Several workshops have been held in various cities till date.

(v) The Ministry of Women & Child Development is also implementing a

pilot project to combat trafficking of women and children.

This was stated in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today

by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Shri

Manikrao H. Gavit.

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