జర్నల్ ఆఫ్ సివిల్ & లీగల్ సైన్సెస్

నైరూప్య

CHILD CARE POLICIES IN INDIA: ISSUES AND CHALLANGES

Sudhanshu Arya, Sanjeev Ghanghash

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children”~ Nelson Mandela.

In simple words the behaviour and character of the society can be revealed or be known by examining how they treat its children’s. The child abuse is something which is termed as the most heinous crime which has ever been done by the humans. In present scenarios there is an urgent need of drafting “new” policies for child care and protection. The subject matter of paper is need of policies regarding child protection and it covers the past acts and present laws which are applicable in today’s time and recent drafts and rules issued by “Ministry of Women and Child Care Development” (WCD) an also regarding the lacunas in present regimes which are the reasons for the development of effective and sound child care and protection policies. Though there are various laws and provisions for protection of children’s against malpractices done by evil-beings many of these laws and provisions are working in efficient manner but some provisions does not fulfil the requirements.