Lok Sabha Question No. 912 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Child Protection Committees
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Eatala Rajender, Smt. D K Aruna, Shri Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.912

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2025

## CHILD PROTECTION COMMITTEES

912.    SHRI CHAMALA KIRAN KUMAR REDDY: SMT. D K ARUNA: SHRI EATALA RAJENDER:

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

- (a)        the  details  of  the  wards  in  the  cities  that  have  established  ward-level  Child Protection Committees;
- (b)       whether any Corporations are to form urban ward-level panels in States including Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in near future;
- (c)       if so, the details thereof indicating such committees that were to be formed in all urban local bodies, including town panchayats, municipalities and corporations, to ensure children's safety;
- (d)       whether the committees are meant to step up vigilance with the help of authorities and  promote  a  child-friendly  environment  and  aim  to  reduce  dropout  rates  in school, prevent child labour and tackle malnutrition, if so, the details thereof;
- (e)       whether the States and Union are working with Non-Governmental Organisations to establish the panels; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof alongwith their present status and the funds sanctioned/spent  during  the  last  15  years,  State-wise  including  Telangana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a)  to  (d)  :  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  implementing  a  Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely 'Mission Vatsalya', through the State/ UT Governments on pre-defined  cost  sharing  basis  between  the  Central  and  the  State  Governments  to deliver  various  services  for  children  in  difficult  circumstances,  which  include  both institutional care and non-institutional care services. The scheme provides services to the Children in Need of Care and Protection (CNCP) as well as Children in Conflict with Law (CCL) for their rehabilitation and social re-integration into the mainstream of the society.  The  Child  Care  Institutions  (CCIs)  established  under  the  Mission  Vatsalya scheme support, inter-alia, age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care, counselling etc. Support under non-institutional care is provided by  way  of  sponsorship,  foster  care  and  after  care  to  children  in  need  of  care  and protection.

Mission Vatsalya guidelines envisage a robust ecosystem through the network of State and Local Governments to ensure the safety and security of children in the country. Mission  Vatsalya  also  envisages  assigning  of  the  functions  of  child  welfare  and protection issues to the existing committees of the Panchayati Raj Institution/ Gram Panchayat/ Urban Local Body which deal with the issues of social justice/ welfare of children.

The details of the wards in the cities that have established ward-level Child Protection Committees are not maintained centrally. Also no details about any committee meant to  step  up  vigilance  with  the  help  of  the  authorities  and  promote  a  child-friendly environment  to  reduce  dropout  rates  in  school,  prevent  child  labour  and  tackle malnutrition are available.

Child  Welfare  Committees  under  Sections  27-30  of  the  Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, are empowered to take decisions with regard to the children in need of care and protection, keeping their best interest in mind. They are also mandated to monitor the functioning of the CCIs. The JJ Act, 2015 (Section 109) provides for the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights at national level and State Commission for Protection of Child Rights at State level respectively to monitor the implementation of the Act.

(e) & (f) : The Ministry of Women and Child Development releases funds directly to State Governments  and  UT  Administrations  for  implementation of centrally  sponsored schemes.

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