Child Rights

Aaditya Thackeray in legal soup over children at ‘Save Aarey’ stir: Can minors protest in India?

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights directed the Mumbai police to file an FIR against Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray for 'using' children in the 'Save Aarey' protest over the weekend. The law, however, clearly states that all citizens of India, irrespective of age, can protest

India recorded over 350 crimes against children each day in 2020, shows CRY's analysis of NCRB data

Child marriage has increased 50 percent and online abuse has increased 400 percent in one year, CRY said. Further analysis suggests that crimes against children in India has increased steeply by 381 percent in the last decade

No lowering of age limit to 16 from 18 for serious POCSO cases: What it means, challenges of preventing child sexual abuse

POCSO Act was amended in order to make it more effective in dealing with cases of child sex abuse in the country and notified on 6 August, 2019 and made effective from 16 August, 2019

Child rights body NCPCR directs Netflix India to remove 'objectionable' scenes involving children in Bombay Begums

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has also written to the Mumbai police commissioner to probe a scene in which a minor is seen smoking a cigarette.

Union Budget 2021: Childs rights budget lowest its ever been in 10 years leaving NGOs disappointed

Allocation under the major child protection scheme for children has declined by 40 percent from Rs 1,500 crore in the allocation of 2020 to Rs 900 crore in 2021.

COVID-19 lockdown exposes gaps in India's child protection services and urgent need for collaborative, proactive approach

The lockdown augmented poverty, uncertainty and domestic anxiety; now more children may move toward the streets; away from home or searching for work.

Shaheen Bagh protests: Not just parents’ negligence, anti-CAA campaign equally to blame for toddler’s death

The death of little Mohammed Jahaan in Shaheen Bagh should spark introspection among the protesters and those profiting from it.

'I kept thinking I'd be killed': On Children's Day, a 16-year-old from Kashmir recalls solitary confinement in aftermath of Article 370 abrogation

G was among the 144 minors detained by authorities after the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

Ill-equipped private madrassas in Assam ignore child rights, junk formal education; girl students often end up as child brides

The private madrassas are one of the key reasons for low rate of income among the Muslim community as hardly anyone graduating from these ill-equipped institutes will have a chance to survive in today's competitive job markets.

India witnessed four-fold increase in child rapes between 1994 and 2016, claims report

Titled 'Child Rights in India - An Unfinished Agenda', the report talks about a number of issues including, malnutrition, crime against children and education.