The Department of Women, Child Development and Social Security will identify poor and vulnerable groups in every village who are at greater risk of human trafficking as part of efforts to strengthen prevention and early intervention mechanisms across the state.
A total of 10 districts has been identified as highly vulnerable to human trafficking. The districts identified as vulnerable are Sahibganj, West Singhbhum, Godda, Gumla, Simdega, Ranchi, Pakur, Latehar, Giridih and Lohardaga.
Of these, eight districts have been categorised as particularly sensitive based on the assessment of Indian Railway Rescue Centre (IRRC). The assessment highlighted vulnerabilities related to education, family support and socio-economic conditions among children from these districts.
The department will organise consultations at the district, block and village levels to establish a support mechanism at every tier. The focus will be identifying vulnerable individuals and communities at an early stage, providing timely support and preventing trafficking before it occurs.
Kiran Kumari Pasi, Director of Social Welfare, said, “Rehabilitation of trafficking survivors should go beyond post-rescue interventions. There is a need for a strong convergence-based action plan defining the roles and responsibilities of different departments in implementing need-based rehabilitation. The identification of vulnerable districts is expected to help strengthen targeted prevention, school enrolment, family support, counselling, rehabilitation and community-level interventions in areas where children are considered more susceptible to trafficking.”
The key implementation of the protection measures will include victim protection plan (VVP), creation of a statewide panel of social workers, designation of nodal officers and operationalisation of the VPP across Jharkhand.
Additionally, the survivors will be connected to education, healthcare, social security, livelihood opportunities, legal aid and psychosocial support through coordinated departmental interventions.
The department will strengthen interdepartmental coordination and district-level mechanisms to improve the response to human trafficking. Focus areas include enhancing the capacity of Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs), One Stop Centres and Shakti Sadans, along with other rehabilitation services.
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