New Delhi, July 27 -- The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs will meet on Tuesday to further deliberate on the issue of 'crime against children' and hear the views of key stakeholder ministries.

The committee will hear the views of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes data on crimes, including crime against women and children, in its publication "Crime in India", which is available on its webiste. The said report is available up to the year 2023. As per NCRB, the number of cases registered under 'the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956' during the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 are 1639, 1294, 1678, 14...