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Integrated Child Protection Scheme
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Child Population in India
India has the highest number of children in the world.
More than one third of country’s population is below 18 years
Approximately 40% of the population (around 440 million) is children
Status of Children in India
India has
highest rate of neo-natal deaths (around 35%) in the world
40% of child malnutrition in developing world
50% of the child mortality
Reducing number of girls in 0-6 age group- for every 1000 boys 927 girls
46% children from ST and 38% SC out of school
High school dropout specially among girls
High rate of child marriage:
37% of literate & 51% of illiterate girls are married below 18
10% of literate & 15% of illiterate boys are married below 18
Large number of child labourers
Large number of sexually abused children
Protection Issues
Protecting children in difficult circumstances including natural disasters:
Children in Need of Care and Protection
Child in Conflict with Law
Elimination of child labour
Protecting children from being trafficked for commercial and sexual exploitation
Protecting children affected by HIV/AIDS
Children in Need of Care & Protection…
Orphans, abandoned & destitute children
Missing or run-away children
Street & working children
Children of sex workers
Abused, tortured and exploited children
Children indulging in substance abuse
Children affected by HIV/AIDS
Children affected by natural calamities, emergencies and man made disasters
Children with disabilities
Child beggars
Children suffering from terminal/incurable disease
Gaps
Lack of qualitative and quantitative data on:
Children in need of care & protection
Children in conflict with law
Institutional Care system
Standards of care not established and implemented
Inadequate infrastructure under JJ system, like constitution of:
Juvenile Justice Boards
Child Welfare Committees
Special Juvenile Police Units
Lack of non-institutional and family based care system for children
Proposed Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS)
GOI has proposed to combine its existing different child protection schemes under one integrated scheme
It aims to provide for care and protection of all the children in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection.
It proposes to involve steps to:
Strengthen families and prevent them from breakup and children becoming homeless and without care and protection.
Provide support to children already outside the mainstream, beginning from emergency outreach services to final rehabilitation with their families/ society.