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Pradeep Kumar

02/06/21 11:20 AM IST

NCPCR tracks data on orphans

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An online tracking portal of a national child rights body, shows details of nearly 10,000 children in the country in immediate need of care and protection.

Highlights
  • They include children aged between zero and 17 orphaned or abandoned during the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020.
  • The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) informed the Supreme Court that these children ran a high risk of being pushed into trafficking and flesh trade.
  • It said it had received several complaints of government authorities illegally transferring details of children to private entities and NGOs.
  • “The district authorities are directed to upload the information of children who have become
    orphans after March, 2020 on the portal “Bal Swaraj” before tomorrow evening.
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
  • The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) emphasises the principle of universality and inviolability of child rights and recognises the tone of urgency in all the child related policies of the country.
  • For the Commission, protection of all children in the 0 to 18 years age group is of equal importance.
  • Thus, policies define priority actions for the most vulnerable children.
  • This includes focus on regions that are backward or on communities or children under certain circumstances, and so on.
  • The NCPCR believes that while in addressing only some children, there could be a fallacy of exclusion of many vulnerable children who may not fall under the defined or targeted categories.
Source: Indian Express

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