RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, July 29: Union minister of state for women and child development Manjupara Mahendra Bhai will remain present in the Jharkhad capital tomorrow to let stakeholders know the works done by the union government during last nine years for the care and protection of child rights and allied works.
National Commissioner for Protection of Child Right (NCPCR) Chairman Priyank Kanoongo informed this at a press conference saying it will be east zonal conference on child protection at CCL auditorium where the minister will remain present.
He said the stakeholders from 115 districts of all the four states of East Zone, including Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal will remain present alongwith the minister. The stakeholders include district child welfare committees, Juvenile Justice Board and members of district child protection units, Anganwadi workers besides senior concerned officials of the state and union governments.
Chairman of State Committee for Protection of Children Right (SCPCR) Kajal Yadav and SCPCR member Sunil Kumar were present on the occasion.
NCPCR Chairman Kanoongo, on the occasion, also shared the achievements of the union government for protecting child rights saying India has become one of such countries which has proper planning and infrastructure for protection of child rights. He shared the information about the different types of apps and portals the government has developed to ensure proper support to children in need.
Kanoongo also informed about the steps taken by the union government to ensure that the medicines which the children use as drug should not reach to them from drug stores and also informed about the government has provided punishment up to death sentence in case of rape with children.
The NCPCR chairman said the union government does not depend only on the UNICEF plan for protection of child rights as it was experienced that many UNICEF plans do not match with Indian culture. He shared information about the mechanism which helps understand the language of children on streets without their parents and help them reunite with families.
