State Commission for Protection of Child Rights
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15:50 IST
LOK SABHA

The Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act 2005 provides that a State Government may constitute the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. The State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has been constituted so far in Delhi, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Sikkim. The other States/UTs are yet to set up the State Commissions.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development have been requesting the State Governments and the Union Territory Administrations from time to time to set up the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights at the earliest. Some of the States are in the process of constituting the State Commissions.

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Smt. Krishna Tirath in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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