About Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1986
About Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1986
About Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1986
The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act or ITPA is a 1986 amendment of legislation passed in 1956 as a
result of the signing by India of the United Nations’ declaration in 1950 in New York on the suppression
of trafficking.
The act, then called the All India Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act (SITA), was amended to the
current law. The laws were intended as a means of limiting and eventually abolishing prostitution in
India by gradually criminalising various aspects of sex work.
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Initiatives to combat trafficking of Women and Children
Apart from the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act, various other initiatives have been taken up by the
Government and other concerned authorities. Discussed below are the same:
● National Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Women
and Children 1998 was formulated
● Ministry of Home Affairs has set up a dedicated cell for prevention of trafficking
● The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) along with the Ministry of External
Affairs has endeavoured to create special task forces to combat cross border trafficking
● The MWCD in collaboration with NIPCCD and UNICEF has developed three manuals for
'Judicial Handbook on combating Trafficking of women and Children for Commercial Sexual
Exploitation'
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