Lok Sabha Question No. 504 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Ghar-Go Home and Re-Unite
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Anil Firojiya, Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.504

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2022

## GHAR-GO HOME AND RE-UNITE

504.     SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA: SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

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

- (a) the objectives and salient features of Ghar - Go Home and Re-Unite (Portal for Restoration and Repatriation of Children); and
- (b) the  steps  being  taken  for  effective  implementation  of  Juvenile  Justice  rules  for protection  of  children  through  various  Child  Welfare  Committees  and  District Child Protection Cells across the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a): As informed by National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), a portal  namely GHAR  -  GO  Home  and  Re-Unite  (Portal  for  Restoration  and Repatriation  of  Child) has been  developed  and  launched  by  NCPCR.  The  GHAR portal has been developed to digitally monitor and track the restoration and repatriation of children according to the protocol. The following are the salient features of the portal :
- i. Digital tracking and monitoring of children who are in the Juvenile Justice system and have to be repatriated to another Country/State/District.
- ii. Digital transfer of cases of children to the concerned Juvenile Justice Board/Child Welfare Committee of the State. It will help in speedy repatriation of children.
- iii. Where there  is  a  requirement  of  a  translator/interpreter/expert,  request  will  be made to the concerned State Government.
- iv. Child  Welfare  Committees  and  District  Child  Protection  Officers  can  ensure proper  restoration  and  rehabilitation  of children by  digitally  monitoring  the progress of the case of the child.
- v. A checklist format will be provided in the forms so that the children who are being hard to repatriate or children who are not getting their entitled compensation or other monetary benefits can be identified.
- vi. List of Government implemented schemes will be provided, so that at the time of restoration the Child Welfare Committees can link the child with the schemes to strengthen the family and ensure that child remains with his/her family.

(b): The Ministry of Women and Child Development is administering the Juvenile Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of  Children)  Act,  2015  (JJ  Act,  2015)  (as  amended  in 2021) and Rules thereunder, for ensuring safety,  security,  dignity  and  well-being  of children. The Act provides for protection of children in need of care and protection and those  in  conflict  with  law  by  catering  to  their  basic  needs  through care,  protection, development, treatment and social re-integration.

Under the JJ Act, 2015 (Sections 27-30), the Child Welfare Committees  have been empowered to take decisions with regard to the children in need of care and protection for the best interest of the children.  They are also mandated to monitor the functioning of the Child Care Institutions (CCIs). Similarly, under section 106 of JJ Act, 2015,  every  State  Government  has  to  constitute  a  District  Child  Protection  Unit (DCPU)  for  every  district  to  take  up  matters  relating  to  children  to  ensure  the implementation of JJ Act, 2015 and rules thereunder. To ensure effective coordination in the Child Safety, Protection and Development; District Magistrates have been made the head of DCPUs. DMs have been empowered to review the functioning of DCPUs and CWCs at regular intervals to ensure prompt decisions as per provisions of JJ Act and Rules are taken by these bodies, keeping in mind best interests of Children.

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