save the children

Protecting the nation’s children from all kinds of violence, abuse, and exploitation, India has a wide range of policies to protect its children. Child protection policy in India is increasingly accepted as a core constituent of social development. The issue is in enforcing the policies due to inadequate human resource capacity on-ground, prevention, and rehabilitation services. Eventually, millions of children are prone to violence, abuse, and exploitation that takes place in all settings including home, school, child care institutions, workplace, and in the community. Often violence is committed by someone known to the child.  India has a comprehensive framework addressing the  child protection policy in India , providing opportunities to ensure that all children have equal access to quality protection services. The main  child protection policies in India  include The Juvenile Justice Act/Care and Protection (2000, amended in 2015); the Child Marriage Prohibition Act (2006); the Pr