NATIONAL CHILD POLICY

 UPSC GS MAIN IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

Examine the main provisions of the National Child Policy and throw light on the status of implementation.


The Government adopted a new National Policy for Children in 2013. The Policy recognizes every person below the age of 18 years as a child and covers all the children within the territory and jurisdiction of the country. It recognizes that a multi sectoral and multidimensional approach is necessary to secure the rights of children. The Policy has identified four key priority areas: survival, health and nutrition, education and development, protection and participation for focused attention.




Based on the new National Policy for Children,2013, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has developed a Draft National Plan of Action for Children (NAPC). The purpose is to track and monitor what is already being done for children across ministries and sectors. National Child Policy is the first policy document in India that specifically highlights "disability" as  a ground for discrimination that must be countered.

Children constitute 39% of the country's population and the policy makers have recognized them as a supreme national asset. However the facts do not present a good picture of children in our country. Child marriages are still rampant in the country. The elementary education system is bad in shape. Crime against children is on rise. According to Global Hunger Index at least one in five Indian Children under the age of five are wasted. Extreme poverty kills the childhood of thousands of children into child labor. Despite of all efforts by state the school dropout rate is high. 

In order to protect children from abuse, exploitation and neglect, then government needs to promote and strengthen legislative, administrative and institutional redressal mechanism at local levels.


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