Forty-five children have been rescued from the illegal children's home run by Bethel Gospel Church in Navi Mumbai which was demolished by bulldozers following complaints of sexual abuse of children, NCPCR chief Priyank Kanoongo tweeted.

Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], October 14 (ANI): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairman Priyank Kanoongo on Friday, alleged that the "goons" of the "ruling party" blocked their way and stopped them from meeting the victim's family.

Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], October 14 (ANI): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairman Priyank Kanoongo on Friday met the family of the 12-year-old girl who was found dead in West Bengal's Jangipara last week.

New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairman Priyank Kanoongo on Thursday tweeted that there have been complaints about priests spreading superstition in the name of treatment of children and misleading them for conversion.

Ranchi Feb 28 PTI Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday said that a fast-track court will hear the Rupesh Pandey murder case and any decision on handing over the case to CBI would be taken after consultation Seeking justice for Rupesh the parents of the teenager met the chief minister and demanded a CBI inquiry into his killing Pandey 17 was allegedly killed in a clash between members of two communities at Barhi in Hazaribag district during immersion of Goddess Saraswati idols on February 6 sparking communal strife in the region Urmila Pandey mother of late Rupesh Pandey resident of Barhi Kariyatpur and father Sikandar Pandey met Soren and sought justice for the deceased son a statement from the Chief Ministers office said The family members urged for getting the case probed by CBI so that their son can get justice The chief minister assured the family members that the government would take a decision after consultation Rupeshs case will be heard by a fast-track court the statement said It added that the CM has directed the Deputy Commissioner Hazaribagh to ensure permanent livelihood for Rupeshs mother After the instructions of the chief minister the Hazaribagh district administration has started the process for providing permanent livelihood to Urmila Devi it said Barhi MLA Umashankar Akela Giridih MLA Sudivya Kumar Sonu and others were present during the meeting The main opposition BJP in the state has been demanding a CBI probe into the incident besides action under the provisions of mob lynching legislation The issue was raised in Jharkhand Assembly too Earlier this month the chairperson of apex child rights body NCPCR Priyank Kanoongo had visited Barhi to take stock of the investigation into the killing of Rupesh Kanoongo the chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR had held separate meetings with the district officials and enquired about the investigation He had said a report will be submitted to the Centre and the state government soon A five-member Jharkhand government delegation had also met the youths parents this month and promised them financial assistance and a job to a family member The delegation will submit a report to the chief minister PTI NAM RG RG

New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Monday wrote to the Delhi Government over medical negligence by the Mohalla Clinics in the national capital and requested to take necessary action against the errant officers and submit a factual report in all cases within five days.

New Delhi Dec 28 PTI The NCPCR claimed that West Bengal was still following the Womens and Childrens Institutions Licensing Act and recommended the state to instead register all child care institutions under the Juvenile Justice Act In a letter to West Bengal chief secretary H K Dwivedi NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said during an inspection of a child care institution in the state the Commission came across documents indicating that provisions of the Womens and Childrens Institutions Licensing Act 1956 were still being followed for child care institutions functioning in the state In this regard the Commission would like to inform that for all institutions housing children and for care and protection of such children the Juvenile Justice JJ Act 2015 is applicable across the country As per the provisions laid down by the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 all child care institutions shall be registered under the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 he said Therefore the applicability of the Juvenile Justice Act to child care institutions meant for care and protection of children remains an indisputable fact and that all statesUTs across the country have to follow the provisions of this Act irrespective of any other law in force he said It is requested that an action taken report in this regard may be sent to the Commission within 10 days Kanoongo said in the letter issued on Tuesday Before the JJ Act the Womens and Childrens Institutions Licensing Act 1956 provided for licensing of institutions established and maintained for the reception care protection and welfare of women or children PTI UZM SRY

New Delhi Dec 25 PTI The Women and Child Development Ministry took a slew of measures in 2021 like introducing a bill to raise the marriageable age of women to 21 tackling rising malnutrition during the pandemic and ensuring safety and rehabilitation of over a lakh children who lost either of their parents to CovidEven though children remained less susceptible to COVID-19 about 132 lakh of them lost either of their parents and were at an increased risk of being exploited and trafficked proving to be a major concern for the ministryOver 9800 children were orphaned 508 abandoned and 132 lakh lost either of their parents since April 2020 to December 7 this year during the pandemic the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR saidTaking cognisance of the issue the government earlier this year launched PM CARES for Children a scheme that lends support to kids who were orphaned during the pandemicNCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said in 2021 they worked on the social impact of COVID-19 on childrenWe tried that children who were lost during 2021 do not get lost and their care could be ensured as per the provisions of the juvenile justice act he told PTIHe said the biggest challenge next year would be to resolve the issue of street childrenWe are working to make states roll out our SOP on street children and we have Supreme Court direction in this regard and we will work as per it We will also work on substance abuse among children its action plan we will implement and thirdly different stakeholders in juvenile justice act their proper orientation must be done and helping POCSO victims - psychological social financial help is another focus area of NCPCR NCPCR would do district wise mapping on what is lacking in each state and what could be done to fill the gaps he saidTwo key bills introduced this year were the Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children Amendment Bill 2021 and the Prohibition of Child Marriage Amendment Bill 2021To tackle child marriage the government introduced the Prohibition of Child Marriage Amendment Bill 2021 under which the marriagable age of women was increased to 21 from 18 drawing a mixed reaction from experts and activistsA bill that seeks to fix 21 years as the uniform age of marriage for women and men was introduced in Lok Sabha The bill was referred to a standing committeeThe Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children Amendment Bill 2021 which sought to amend the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 proposed to increase the role of district magistrates and additional district magistrates with issues concerning child care and adoption was passed in Parliament and has come into forceThe central government also brought out regulations to ease inter-country adoptions under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act HAMATackling rising malnutrition among women and children due to pandemic was another major concern of the ministry this year The Poshan Tracker developed as a governance tool for real-time monitoring of nutritional outcomes was implemented in different states Anganwadis were trained to use it for entering nutrition data of children and lactating and pregnant women in the appNational Commission for Women NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma said 2021 witnessed many firsts for women across the globe be it the extraordinary performance of women in Olympics or women of Indian origin achieving heights globallyNCW launched projects in different fields concerning women including entrepreneurship digital literacy legal awareness etc she saidNCW has also launched a 24x7 hour helpline to provide assistance to women facing violence and sexual harassment The new helpline aims to provide 24 hours emergency and non-emergency services to women affected by violence by linking them with appropriate authorities such as police hospitals District Legal Service Authority psychological services etc and providing information about women related government programs she saidOn what to expect next year Sharma said one of the major concerns would be changing the mindset of people because as we can see despite several changes in policies and laws and several new initiatives launched by the government the mindset of people remains to be a major roadblock in the development and progress of women It is important that we ensure gender equality at homes so that it is reflected in societyThis year WCD ministry classified all its major programmes under three umbrella schemes -- Mission Poshan 20 strengthen nutritional content delivery outreach and outcomes Mission Vatsalya child protection services and child welfare services and Mission Shakti policies and schemes for protection and empowerment of women -- for their better implementation PTI UZM ZMN

New Delhi Dec 23 PTI The countrys apex child rights body NCPCR has asked the Delhi government to ensure that Dextromethorphan is not supplied or used in the city days after three children died due to alleged cough syrup poisoningThe National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR has also asked the city government to submit an action take report on the entire matter within 15 days The three children had died allegedly after consuming the cough syrup which was prescribed by doctors at mohalla clinicsIt is an act of criminal negligence and action should be taken against doctor government officials whoever is involved in its distribution to children as this syrup was never meant to be given to children NCPCR Chairperson Priyank Kanoongo told PTI ThursdayThe three children were admitted to the Centre-run Kalawati Saran Childrens Hospital One child died on October 13 Two other children also died the same monthIn a letter to Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev Kanoongo asked him to look into the matter and kindly ensure to stop the usage of syrup Dextromethorphan and also ensure that no syrup of this batch is left at any of the dispensing units Further you are requested to send a factual action taken report regarding the action taken against respective officers doctors and pharma company along with all the relevant documents to the Commission within 15 days reads the letter issued on MondayDextromethorphan is one of the most widely used cough suppressants However it is subject to abuseThe consumption of high doses of the drug can lead to insomnia dilated pupils dizziness nausea restlessness dizziness shallow breathing and diarrhoea etcAlready the Delhi government has terminated the services of three doctors and order an inquiry into the matterThe Kalawati Saran Childrens Hospital has reported 16 cases of dextromethorphan poisoning among children aged between one and six from June 29 to November 21Most of the children complained of respiratory depression The three children who died had come in a bad shape a senior doctor at the hospital had told PTI PTI UZM TIR TIR

New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): Cyber, is the new weapon today! Cyber Violence is violence in cyber-space that has led to violation of cyber rights of individuals, especially those of children and women. Online violence and harassment have been overlooked laying more emphasis on offline or physical violence.