National Policy for Child

National Policy for children Act
National Policy for Children 1974. Children's programme should find prominent part in our national plans for the development of human resources,

Policy of 2013
Government of India recently approved and adopted the National
Policy of Children (NPC) 2013. Looking at the need to expand the scope of The National Policy of Children 1974, the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) prepared the Draft National Policy for Children 2012 and invited comments from public in August 2012

Aim of Policy
Health Nutrition, Development, Protection and Participation. The
policy defines the child as a person who has not completed 18 years of age
however with respect to primary education this one aspect has been separately.

Current situation
India, we have a lot of ambiguity with respect to the definition of children across Child Rights related policies and Acts. This is one of the policy which defines any person below the age of eighteen as child

issues
Child marriage, Child labour,Malnutrition, Poverty,Child trafficking ,Gender inequality,Education and iliteracy

Vision of Policy
To make people discover their potential for action and change. happy, healthy and creative child whose rights are protected and honoured in a society that is built on respect for dignity, justice and equity for all.