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New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) A total of 31 cases of abuse and exploitation of children has been reported from protection homes and child care institutions across the country, parliament was told Thursday.
However, there are no recorded cases of exploitation of women in protection homes available with the ministry, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
She said the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has reported that it has registered 31 complaints of misbehaviour or abuse and exploitation of children in the protection homes or child care institutions during the last three years and the current year.
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and Central Model Rules framed under it provide for monitoring, inspection, standards of care and measures that may be taken by the state government to address any reported instance of atrocity or ill-treatment.
Gandhi said the women and child development ministry has urged the state governments from time to time to identify and register all child care institutions, so as to ensure that standards of care can be monitored.
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