Lok Sabha Question No. 2404 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-09
Subject: Vacant positions in NCPCR and SCPCR
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2404 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9.03.2018

## VACANT POSITION IN NCPCR AND SCPCR

## 2404. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  major  positions  in  the  National  Commission  for  Protection  of Child  Rights  (NCPCR)  and  the  State  Commissions  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights (SCPCR) are lying vacant and have not filled up;
- (b) if so, the details of major positions need to be filled in all NCPCR and SCPCR across the country;
- (c) the action taken by the Government to fill up these vacant positions;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  also  formulated  plan  to  fill  up  all  positions  in juvenile justice  boards  and  Child  Welfare  Committees  for  effective  juvenile  justice  across  the country; and
- (e) if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) & (b): Out of six posts of Members in the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), three are lying vacant . As regards the vacant posts of Chairperson and Members in the State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR), as informed by the respective States the details are at Annexure- I.
- (c ) : The Ministry has published advertisement on 6.3.2018 in four National Newspaper for inviting applications for the vacant posts of Member, NCPCR. As regards, filling up of vacancies  in  SCPCR,  respective  State  Governments  are  responsible  for  filling  up  the posts
- (d) to (e):  As per Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act, 2015, State Government are empowered to fill up the vacant position in Juvenile Justice Board and Child Welfare Committee for effective Juvenile Justice .

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Statement referred the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question  No. 2404 to be answered on 09.03.2018

## Details of vacancies of Chairperson and Members in SCPCRs as on 28-02-2018

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT   | Details of Vacancies   | Details of Vacancies   |
|-----------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|           |                        | Chairperson            | Member                 |
| 1.        | Arunachal Pradesh      | 1                      | 6                      |
| 2.        | Assam                  | -                      | 2                      |
| 3.        | Chandigarh             | -                      | 3                      |
| 4.        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli    | 1                      | 6                      |
| 5.        | Himachal Pradesh       | -                      | 1                      |
| 6.        | Jharkhand              | -                      | 3                      |
| 7.        | Madhya Pradesh         | -                      | 1                      |
| 8.        | Mizoram                | 1                      | 6                      |
| 9.        | Nagaland               | -                      | 4                      |
| 10.       | Telangana              | 1                      | 6                      |
| 11.       | Uttar Pradesh          | 1                      | 6                      |