Jayanta Saha Roy, Tai Chourasiya
About
472 million children under the age of 18 years who represent the 39% of the
country’s total population have the abode in India. More than 35 million of
children have been recorded in the country as Children in Need of Care and
Protection. However beyond this number a large chunk of children are daily
victims of abuse and neglect in and out the family as have been reported by
media and other credible news sources. Since after the inception of the
Constitution of India the Government of India had endeavours to ensure the rights,
development, welfare and protection of such children through introducing
constitutional and legal measures, policy making and approaching with various
child supporting programs and schemes. In 1992, India has been a signatory
country of United Nations Conventions on the Child Rights of 1989. To keep the
rights of the children within a justified practice various measures have been
taken by the Government of India time to time. In spite of all such
initiatives, it is observed that children are prone to risks and challenges.
This study has the effort to relook at the community institutions who have been
engaged to provide number of interventions and services for children in the
urban and rural settlements if child-friendly. The study has an endeavour to be
instrumental in finding out the determinants of child friendly environment and
exploring avenues in this regard.
Community Institutions, Socio-Legal Scope,
Child-friendly settlements
VOL.13, ISSUE No.3, September 2021