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Needs and Rights of Children

children/trafficked children, children in conflict with the law, children affected
or displaced by natural or man-made hazards and climate conditions/ civil
disturbance, children without family support or in institutions and children Notes
affected by HIV/AIDs, leprosy etc.

Objectives of NPAC under each priority area
• Survival, Health and Nutrition: Ensure equitable access to comprehensive
and essential preventive, promotive, curative, and rehabilitative health
care of the highest standard, for all children before, during and after birth,
and throughout the period of their growth and development.
• Education and Development: Secure the right of every child to learning,

knowledge, (including Skill Development) education, and development
opportunity, with due regard for special needs, through access, provision
and promotion of required environment, information, infrastructure,
services and support for the development of the child’s fullest potential.
• Protection: Create a caring, protective, and safe environment for all
children, to reduce their vulnerability in all situations and to keep them
safe at all places, especially public spaces.

• Participation: Enable children to be actively involved in their own
development and in all matters concerning and affecting them.
Source: NPAC, 2016 pp 7

3.3.7 Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme, 2015

Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao Scheme was launched in 2015 to address gender
imbalance and discrimination against the girl child. The objectives are prevention
of gender-biased sex-selective elimination, ensuring survival and protection of
the girl child, and ensuring education and participation of the girl child. There
is strong emphasis on changing the mindset through training, sensitization, and
awareness generation. This scheme is being implemented through a national
campaign and focussed multi-sectoral action in 100 selected districts low in
CSR, covering all States/Union Territories. This is a joint venture of the Ministry
of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and
Ministry of Human Resource Development. In 2019, implementation guidelines
for state governments / UT administrations were launched.

3.3.8 The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 creates a robust
legal framework for the protection of the rights of all children whether alleged
or found to be in conflict with law or children in need of care and protection,
by catering to their basic needs through proper care, protection, development,

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