701 Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) Established in the country

XClose

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Women and Child Development
09 FEB 2018 4:30PM by PIB Delhi

There are 701 Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) in the country which are supported under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) of the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The primary responsibility of setting up the JJBs vests with the State Governments/UT Administrations concerned. Section 4 (1) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, provides that the State Government shall constitute for every district one or more JJBs for exercising the powers and discharging its functions relating to children in conflict with law and this is an on going process.

The State/UT-wise details of the JJBs is given below:

S. No.	Name of the State/UT	No. of Juvenile Justice Boards
1	Andhra Pradesh	13
2	Arunachal Pradesh	21
3	Assam	27
4	Bihar	38
5	Chhattisgarh	27
6	Goa	2
7	Gujarat	33
8	Haryana	21
9	Himachal Pradesh	12
10	Jammu and Kashmir	22
11	Jharkhand	24
12	Karnataka	30
13	Kerala	14
14	Madhya Pradesh	51
15	Maharashtra	36
16	Manipur	9
17	Meghalaya	11
18	Mizoram	8
19	Nagaland	11
20	Odisha	34
21	Punjab	22
22	Rajasthan	34
23	Sikkim	4
24	Tamil Nadu	32
25	Tripura	8
26	Uttar Pradesh	75
27	Uttarakhand	13
28	West Bengal	23
29	Telangana	31
30	Andaman & Nicobar	3
31	Chandigarh	1
32	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	1
33	Daman and Diu	2
34	Lakshadweep	1
35	National Capital Territory of Delhi	3
36	Puducherry	4
	Total	701

This information was given by Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Dr. Virendra Kumar in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

****

NB/SKK/UD