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	About NCPCR			Child Data Data on Child Labour Census 1971 to 2001 Key Indicators of the deficit in Development of Children in India Enforcement Figures on Child Labour (Ministry of Labour and Employment Website) Elementary Education in India: Progress towards Universalisation of Elementary Education Child Policies Abolition of Child Labour in India - Strategies for the Eleventh Five Year Plan: Submitted by National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to Planning Commission, India National Plan of Action for Children, 2005 National Child Labour Policy, 1987 National Policy on Education National Health Policy National Nutrition Policy National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) National Health Mission National Child Labour Policy for Children World Fit for Children, 2002 WHO Child Growth Standards 2006
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Child Laws and Conventions

Constitutional Provisions for Child Labour
The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act
Commission for Protection of Children's Act Amendment 2006
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
UNICEF World Fit for Children Declaration 2002
UNESCO World Declaration on Education for All 1990
The Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956
Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act, 2000
Juvenile Justice (JJ) Amendment Act 2006
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
Persons with Disability Act, 1995
Right to Information Act, 2005
Child Labour Act, 1986
Notification on Banning Child Labour in Domestic, Shops and Establishments
Indian Majority Act, 1875
The Indian Contract Act, 1872
The Guardians and Wards Act, 1872
Delhi Schools Education Act, 1973
Goa Children's Act, 2003

Letters to State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights

Select Child Literature

Children and Policy

The National Policy for Children, adopted in 1974 lays down that the State shall provide adequate services towards children, both before and after birth and during the growing stages for their full physical, mental and social development. The National Nutrition Policy in 1993 identified a series of actions for different Departments in the area of food production and distribution, health and family welfare, education, rural and urban development, women and child development etc to promote child development. The National Population Policy, 2000 aims at improving the status of the Indian child. A National Charter for Children, 2003 emphasized Government of India’s commitment to children’s right to survival, health and nutrition, standard of living, play and leisure, early childhood care, education, equality, life and liberty, name and nationality, freedom of expression, freedom of association and peaceful assembly, the right to a family and the right to be protected from economic exploitation. Special mention was made about protection of rights and dignity of the girl child. protection of the girl child,. The National Plan of Action for Children, 2005 commits itself to ensuring all the aforesaid rights to children up to the age of 18 years. It focuses on girl child, rescuing her from trafficking and exploitation and strong recommendation for a better and effective Act to stop child marriages. It has expanded the constituency of vulnerable children to include children of prisoners, children affected by HIV and AIDS. It works a comprehensive policy for withdrawing children from work and integrating them into full time school. For an effective implementation of the policy it sees the importance of adequate and specific child budgeting. The Plan recommended institutional mechanisms for monitoring child rights such as: establishing a National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, including the setting up of State Commissions and also setting up of a central nodal authority for combating trafficking for commercial purposes.