Disgraceful! More Than 13 Lakh Women Went Missing In Just Three Years, MP Tops The List With The Most Cases

At least 90,113 young women under the age of 18 were among the 375,058 women above the age of 18 who were reported missing nationwide in 2021.

Written by Srishti Verma July 31, 2023

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According to government statistics, more than 13.13 lakh women and girls went missing in the country between 2019 and 2021, with the majority coming from Madhya Pradesh. At least 90,113 young women under the age of 18 were among the 375,058 women above the age of 18 who were reported missing nationwide in 2021. Data from the Union Home Ministry that was presented to Parliament last week shows that between 2019 and 2021, there were 10,61,648 women over the age of 18 and 2,51,430 females who were minors who went missing across the nation.

The National Crime Records Bureau gathered the missing women information

According to information given to Parliament, 1,60,180 women and 38,234 girls went missing in Madhya Pradesh between 2019 and 2021. 1,78,400 women and 13,033 girls went missing in Maharashtra, the state with the second-highest number of reported missing women and girls, during the study period. In the three years, 16,649 girls and 70,222 women went missing in Odisha.

Delhi had the most girls and women reported missing of any of the Union Territories. Between 2019 and 2021, 61,054 women and 22,919 girls went missing in Delhi. In the same time frame, 1,148 girls and 8,617 women went missing in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir.

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The Criminal Law Act 2018

The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, which was passed to effectively deter sexual offences, is one of the “number of initiatives for the safety of women across the country,” according to the government’s statement to Parliament. The law places more emphasis on punishing the guilty and stipulates even harsher punishments, including the death penalty, for the rape of girls under the age of 12.

In order to help law enforcement agencies better track and investigate sexual offenders across the nation, the home ministry also announced that it has launched the National Database on Sexual Offenders on September 20, 2018.