Child Welfare

Child marriage rampant in West Bengal's Malda, but parties believe addressing social evil would be political suicide

Despite the high prevalence of child marriage in West Bengal's Malda district, very few police cases get reported, and the rate of conviction is even more abysmal.

Union Budget 2019: Children welfare, social sector suffer as new revenue sharing pattern puts additional burden on states

There is a declining priority towards social sectors and child budgeting; while expenditure on children has declined from 22% of total expenditure in 2013-14 to 20.84% in general category states in 2016-17, it fell from 22.46% in 2013-14 to 21.16% in 2016-17 in the case of special category states

Delhi HC rules compensation to be given to children born out of rape

A child born out of rape is entitled to compensation, independent of any such relief granted to the mother, the Delhi High Court has ruled.

Maternal mortality rate declining, will achieve MDG soon: Health ministry

Maternal Mortality Ratio in the country has registered a 5.7 percent decline and if it continues to fall at this rate, India will achieve its MDG target.