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overview
Keeping in view
the problems and
challenges faced by
children, laws have
been introduced and
various policies and
programmes are
being
implemented for
the welfare of
children in India
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= Improving
water
and
sanitation coverage both in
rural and urban areas.
= Securing for children all legal
and social protection from all
kinds of abuse, exploitation
and neglect.
= Complete abolition of child
labour with the aim of
progressively eliminating all
forms
of
economic
exploitation of children.
= Monitoring, review and Reform
of policies, programmes and
laws to ensure protection of
childrens interest and rights.
= Ensuring child participation
and choice in matters and
decision affecting their lives.
Procedures,1973.
Institutional Frameworks for
Child Welfare
The National Commission for
Protection
of
Child
Rights
(NCPCR) was set up as a statutory
body under Ministry of Women and
Child Development in 2007 under
the Commission for Protection of
Child Rights (NCPCR) Act 2005 to
protect, promote and defend child
rights in the country. The prime
objectives of the Commission is to
review the safeguards provided for
protection of child rights and
recommends measures for effective
implementation,
spread
child
literacy, enquire into violation of
child rights, look into the matters
relating to distressed, marginalised
and disadvantaged children without
family, children of prisoners,
inspect
juvenile
home
and
recommend appropriate measures .
The
Commission
undertakes
periodic review of existing laws,
policies and programmes on child
rights and makes recommendations
for their effective implementation
in the best interest of the children.