Sunday 13 May 2012

Children’s Home and SAAs Financially Assisted Under ICPS


The Ministry of Women and Child Development is administering the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and is providing financial assistance, under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS), to State Governments/UT Administrations for setting up and maintenance of Homes and Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs) under the JJ Act for children in difficult circumstances.

The State-wise details of number of various types of Homes including children’s Home and SAAs financially assisted so far under ICPS, is as follows-

Sl. No.
Name of the State/UT
No. Of Homes Assisted
No. of SAAs Assisted
Government run
NGO run
Government run
NGO run
1.   
Andhra Pradesh
102
-
23
-
2.   
Assam
7
-
-
5
3.   
Bihar
14
-
-
2
4.   
Chattisgarh
8
5
-
-
5.   
Gujarat
34
23
8
1
6.   
Haryana
5
4
-
1
7.   
Himachal Pradesh
8
14
-
1
8.   
Jharkhand
16
-
-
3
9. 
Karnataka
52
11
6
17
10.   
Kerala
28
-
-
14
11.   
Madhya Pradesh
24
-
-
14
12.   
Maharashtra
39
52
-
17
13.   
Manipur
-
13
-
1
14.   
Meghalaya
4
14
-
-
15.   
Mizoram
4
-
1
3
16.   
Nagaland
2
10
2
2
17.   
Orissa
12
15
-
18
18.   
Punjab
15
-
-
5
19.   
Rajasthan
35
28
2
3
20.   
Sikkim
2
3
-
1
21.   
Tamil Nadu
18
23
-
18
22.   
Tripura
11
-
6
3
23.   
Uttar Pradesh
43
18
5
-
24.   
West Bengal
28
27
-
14
25.   
Delhi
18
7
-
-
26.   
Puducherry
6
-
-
-
Total
535
267
53
143

To ensure that children in all the Homes receive the best of care, and are not subject to abuse and neglect, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has been strongly urging the State Governments/UT Administrations from time to time to identify and register all CCIs under the JJ Act and set up functional inspection committees, where not available.

Furthermore, with a view to protect children, including children in the Homes, from sexual abuse, the Government has introduced ‘The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill’ in the Parliament in 2011 which provides for stringent punishment for perpetrators of such crimes.

This was stated by the Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Krishna Tirath, in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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