Question

What are the measures taken by the government to protect the children?

Answer 1

1. The child is considered an important national asset.
2. The future of a nation depends on how its children mature and develop.
3. So protection of children from all kinds of exploitation and abuses has become the main objective of our society.
4. There are laws in India protecting the rights of children.

• Right to Education Act:
  Article 21A provides that the state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children aged six to fourteen years.
• The Child Labour Act (Prohibition and Regulation Act 1986):
  It provides no child who has not completed 15 years of age can be employed.
• The Juvenile Justice Act 2000 (Care and Protection of Children):
  This Act tries to protect children deprived of adequate care and to reform the children by adopting the child-friendly approach.
• POCSO A I 2012:
  Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act regards the best interest of the child as being of paramount importance in every state.