Considering the pandemic, priority should be give to the laws and procedures for the care and protection of orphaned children. Discuss (200 Words)
Refer - The Hindu
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IAS Parliament 4 years
KEY POINTS
The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic now sweeping India has left many children orphaned and vulnerable.
Options to help
· Any individual who finds an orphan child or even any child who needs care and protection under the circumstances, should immediately call the toll free Childline number 1098.
· Intimate the district protection officer concerned whose contact details can be found on the National Tracking System for Missing and Vulnerable Children portal.
· Approach the nearest police station or its child welfare police officer who is specially trained to exclusively deal with children either as victims or juvenile delinquents.
Established process
· The procedure of adoption is totally transparent and its progress can be monitored from the portal of the statutory body, the Central Adoption Resource Authority.
· The Supreme Court in Bachpan Bachao Andolan vs Union of India directed all Directors General of Police, in May 2013, to register a first information report as a case of trafficking or abduction in every case of a missing child.
· Similarly, each district is supposed to have its special juvenile police unit, headed by an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Superintendent of Police.
· Therefore, orphaned children who have lost both their parents or abandoned or surrendered due to the COVID-19 pandemic must not be neglected and left to face an uncertain future.
Venkateshwaran R 4 years
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IAS Parliament 4 years
Try to include about child labor act. Keep Writing.
Venkateshwaran R 4 years
Kindly provide feedback. Thank you Mam/ Sir
IAS Parliament 4 years
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Priya Verma 4 years
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IAS Parliament 4 years
Avoid listing of laws and include data to support your arguments. Keep Writing.
Cibi Siddharth 4 years
kindly review and give suggestions sir/mam
IAS Parliament 4 years
It is article 39(f) which talks about child protection, and include about child adoption. Keep Writing.
