The Supreme Court today asked the government to take firm steps to curb sex tourism in the country and register cases of rape against those pushing children into prostitution racket or having sex with them. <br/><br/>A two-judge bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and A K Patnaik said, it is a case of rape if the girls are less than 18 years. The apex court gave the direction to Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam during the hearing on a PIL after counsel Aparna Bhat, appearing for certain NGOs, submitted child prostitution amounted to rape and the menance has reached alarming proportions. <br/><br/>Agreeing with the NGOs, the apex court said it was shocking that 70 per cent of the sex workers are children and wanted the government to come out with foolproof measures to curb the menance of child prostitution and sex tourism.<br/>