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<h3>Child Abuse</h3>
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<p>A total of 1.68 lakh cases of crime against children were registered during 2022, showing an increase over 2020 (1.28 lakh cases). In percentage terms, major crime heads under &lsquo;Crime Against Children&rsquo; during 2022 were Kidnapping &amp; Abduction (45.7%) and <a href="../../../../education/policies-and-schemes/protection-of-children-from-sexual-offences-act">Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act</a>, 2012 (39.7%) including child rape. The crime rate registered per lakh children population is 36.6 in 2022 in comparison with 33.6 in 2021. (Crime in India 2022)</p>
<p>India is said to have reported over 24 lakh instances of online child sexual abuse during three year period between 2017-20 with 80 per cent of the victims being girls below the age of 14 years.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The indicative types of child abuse are as follows.&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li>Physical Abuse</li>
<li>Sexual Abuse</li>
<li>Emotional Abuse and Girl Child Neglect</li>
<li>Cyber crimes - Online bullying&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<p class="content-source"><strong>Source : <a class="external_link ext-link-icon external-link" title="Ministry of Women and Child development (External website that opens in new window)" href="https://wcd.gov.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ministry of Women and Child development</a></strong></p>
<h3>Related Resources</h3>
<ol>
<li><a class="ext-link-icon" title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://tulir.org/resources.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Posters on Child Abuse</a></li>
<li><a href="../../../../education/child-rights/child-protection-1/the-protection-of-children-from-sexual-offences-rules-2020">The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Rules, 2020</a></li>
<li><a class="ext-link-icon" title="External website that opens in new window)" href="https://ncpcr.gov.in/guidelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NCPCR guidelines</a></li>
</ol>

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