NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHTS
(NCPCR) - POLITY
News: NCPCR
warns NGOs against depiction of vulnerable children for fundraising
What's in the news?
● The
practice of civil society organizations using representative visuals for
fundraising activities concerning developmental issues such as malnutrition now
faces new scrutiny with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
(NCPCR) issuing a directive to NGOs not to depict vulnerable children.
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
(NCPCR):
● It
is a statutory body set up in 2007
under the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005.
● It
works under the aegis of Ministry of
Women and Child Development, Govt. of India.
● Under
the NCPCR, the Child is defined as a
person in the 0 to 18 years age group.
Mandate:
● To
ensure that all laws, policies, programmes, and administrative mechanisms are
in consonance with the child rights perspective as enshrined in
○ The
Constitution of India and
○ The
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Powers:
● It
inquires into complaints relating to a child's right to free and compulsory
education under the Right to Education
Act, 2009.
● It
monitors the implementation of Protection
of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.