The WCD ministry has directed the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to draft the guidelines in consultation with all stakeholders concerned. It also plans to have these guidelines notified under the Juvenile Justice Act. read more

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights officer said an alternative number has been launched, even as the commission tries to put the suspended number back into operation. read more

Murshidabad in West Bengal shows the highest prevalence (39.9%) of marriage among 15-19-years-old followed by Gandhinagar (39.3 %) in Gujarat and Bhilwara (36.4%) in Rajasthan. read more

As per the 2017 Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), private school enrolment in Bihar stood at just 12.9%, as compared to the national average of 24%. read more

Of the 2,874 children home inspected so far by the NCPCR, just 54 have got positive reviews. read more

The government has tightened the norms for conducting inquiry into cases of escape, sexual abuse or death of any child living in child care homes read more

The government move comes in the wake of alleged rape of inmates of a girls’ home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur and another in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh. read more

The Supreme Court also warned against interviewing minor victims of sexual abuse saying it has serious mental impact. read more

The Maharashtra education department has asked its schools to follow guidelines issued by National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to end corporal punishment in schools. read more

Inundated with complaints from parents, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the country’s apex child rights body, has drafted regulations to put in place a uniform fee framework for unaided private schools. read more

Campus police force to secure universities, better last-mile connectivity from metro stations, phasing out all-boys schools and building more toilets for women are some of the recommendations made by a six-member panel to Delhi Police to make the national... read more

Around 90 countries are signatories to the convention that protects children under 16 from “wrongful removal or retention” by a parent. read more

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights roped in Dr Sagar Rajesh, a psychiatrist at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences, to prepare the guidelines on “child art as an investigative tool”. read more

Last year, filmmakers Insia Dariwala started an online petition, demanding authorities order an in-depth study on male child sexual abuse in India. read more

Maneka Gandhi replies to a petition on Change.org, saying boys who are sexually abused as children spend a lifetime of silence because of the stigma and shame attached to male survivors speaking out read more