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Child Rights & Child Development in India: A Socio-Economic Analysis under Regional Perspective

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The Constitution of India provides for free and compulsory education for children from 6-14 years under Article 21A. This is now also a fundamental duty of parents and guardians to educate the children from 6-14 years under Clause(K) of Article 51A.The 86 th Amendment of the Constitution of India in 2002 has brought about a seachange to millions of lives who are from 6-14 years. The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 brought all children under one umbrella to safeguard their Human Rights. This paper represents the rights of children under the constitution relating to human rights, Right to Education, rights of the children below the age of 6 years, rights against exploitation, child labour, policies of the government regarding children, national policy for children, national policy of education regarding children, national health policy and also different judicial decision on above matters.

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This year marks thirty years since the Convention on the Rights of the Child (the Convention) entered into force and ten years since the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children (the Guidelines) were adopted. The term ‘alternative care’ refers to the placing of children in the care of someone other than a parent. Although the seven South Asian countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – have ratified the Convention, each of the jurisdictions has reflected the Convention and Guidelines through domestic law in different ways and to different degrees. This article examines the extent to which two key child rights principles enshrined in the Convention have been incorporated into the domestic law of these countries: (a) the obligation to undertake active measures to prevent the unnecessary separation of children from their families and (b) the placing of a child in alternative care as a measure of last resort. While progress has been made a...

While children " s rights are human rights, the need to focus on the child and the rights of the child specially, and more specifically, has been recognised the world over. In today " s circumstances, growing violence against children, lack of spaces and platforms for children to seek justice, inadequate infrastructure to cater to their needs, the whole perception of children as extensions of parents and their treatment as parent " s property are some of the critical child protection issues that call for utmost and immediate attention. The Constitution of India recognises the vulnerable position of children and their right to protection. Therefore, following the doctrine of protective discrimination, it guarantees in Article 15 special attention to children through necessary and special laws and policies that safeguard their rights. The right to equality, protection of life and personal liberty and the right against exploitation enshrined in Articles 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23 and 24 further reiterate India " s commitment to the protection, safety, security and well-being of all its people, including children. The Chapter on Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India enjoins that the State shall, in particular, direct its policy towards securing: that the health and strength of workers, men and women, and the tender age of children are not abused and the citizens are not forced by economic necessity to enter avocations unsuited to their age or strength; that children are given opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity and childhood and youth are protected against exploitation and against moral and material abandonment; that the State shall endeavour to provide early childhood care and education to all children until they complete the age of six years.

Abstract: In the Earlier part of the 20th century, ‘Child Rights’ remains a serious problem in many parts of the world. India, is not an exemption, even it is blessed with the important legislations, constitutional provisions and remarkable judgments on child rights, which is always build on the platform of relevant regional and international mechanisms and international standards of behaviour towards children, still it fails while addressing and eliminating the issues of children mostly from the deep roots of our Indian society. Here in this Paper researcher suggest some innovative measures through a close understanding of the socio-cultural Identities of the Indian Society, which helps to eradicate the ‘extreme roots of poverty’, charging means (Economic & Social) towards child labour and child trafficking, with the strong support of Constitutional Norms and Innovative socio-educational nuances in the Indian society. These measures are succeeded to a large extend in the ‘Rurban’ areas of India. Keywords: Dynamics of Child labour, extreme roots of Poverty, Socio-educational nuances, Constitutional Norms

I must thank the organisers for giving me this opportunity to share some of the thoughts of NCPCR on protection of child rights and its linkages to the way in which budgeting is done. I do hope that this conference will enable developing solutions which can help achieve our shared vision for children -including the realization of the right to nutrition, health, and education, the eradication of child labor, child marriage and trafficking, end to violence and abuse and restoring freedom and dignity to all our children in the age group of 0-18 years.

Child is entitled to special care and assistance due to their dependency and immaturity. As human being, children have the basic human rights including social, economic and cultural rights. All over the world efforts are taken to protect these rights of children. Effect of Child abuse and exploitation on child are serious and stunted the potential development of many children. Despite of all these international and national efforts still the children in India faces the problem of child abuse and child exploitation. The role played by the judiciary to safeguard and protect the rights of the children as a guardian of fundamental rights through issuing direction or giving advice to the Government are commendable and must be appreciated. This article has discussed the concept of judicial activism, the rights of child and who is child? This article has studied about the international and national efforts taken for the protection of children rights including provisions under Constitution ...

Being the signatory of UNCRC (1992), India globally recognized the significance of child rights. The Constitutions of India also guarantees certain child rights covering basic issues, like ‘health’, ‘education’ and protection from ‘hazardous employment’ and ‘exploitation’. However, despite the existence of many legal provisions, the vulnerability of Indian children in different dimensions cannot be undermined. This paper attempts to locate the status of child in development ladder of Indian economy at regional level and shows how the disparity in development indicators actually accelerates the nature of exclusive development. Child Abuse is emphasized as a principal inhibitor in child development. Indian Parliament at last approved “The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill 2011”.

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Attitudes, knowledge, and perceptions of an individual influence their behavior as well as culture of a society. The objective of the study was to understand the attitudes and knowledge of 584 Indian community members regarding child rights and their perceptions about whether selected child rights were secured in reality. Overall attitudes of vast majority (96-98%) of the participants towards child rights were found to be positive i.e., children should have rights in various respects except issue like right to meet others (Article 15 of CRC). Knowledge of majority of the participants about child rights related legislations was moderate and varied across the cities while participants were unanimous about poor lived experiences of child rights in reality. So far as attitude and perception are concerned about child rights, there was a significant difference in the distribution between cities (p<0.01). Overall, the Rights of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 had the highest awareness (91.3%, n=533), followed by the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (89.7%, n=523) and the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 (89.6%, n=523). Findings of the present study speak in favor of community awareness about child rights and penalties for violation of child rights.

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