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The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) was established in:
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Answer: Option A — 2007
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The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is a statutory body set up in March 2007 under the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005, passed by Parliament. It works under the administrative control of the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Its headquarters is in New Delhi.
The Commission's mandate is to ensure that all laws, policies, programmes and administrative mechanisms are in line with the child rights perspective, as set out in the Constitution of India and in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which India ratified in 1992. A child is defined as a person aged 0 to 18 years.
The NCPCR consists of a Chairperson and six members, at least two of whom must be women. The Chairperson must be a person of eminence who has done outstanding work for promoting the welfare of children. Members are chosen from fields such as education, child health, juvenile justice, child labour, child psychology and law.
Main functions of the NCPCR:
- Examine and review the safeguards for the protection of child rights and recommend measures for their effective implementation.
- Inquire into complaints of violation of child rights and take suo motu notice of cases of deprivation of rights.
- Inspect juvenile custodial homes and other institutions meant for children.
Monitor the implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
Spread awareness of child rights.
The Commission has the powers of a civil court while inquiring into complaints. States have their own State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCRs).
National Children's Day is observed on 14 November (Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday), and National Girl Child Day on 24 January.
Why not the other options?
- ✗1992 is the year India ratified the UNCRC and the National Commission for Women was set up.
- ✗2000 is the year the first Juvenile Justice Act of the new series was passed.
- ✗2012 is the year the POCSO Act was passed.
Quick tip
Remember: NCPCR = 2007 (under the CPCR Act 2005), Ministry of Women and Child Development; monitors RTE (2009), POCSO (2012) and the JJ Act (2015); India ratified the UNCRC in 1992.
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