{"id":11997,"date":"2019-11-28T17:16:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T11:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=11997"},"modified":"2019-11-28T17:16:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T11:46:32","slug":"crimes-against-children-rise-by-20-per-cent-cry-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/crimes-against-children-rise-by-20-per-cent-cry-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Crimes against children rise by 20 per cent: CRY report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Child Rights and You has released a report titled \u201cHow Vulnerable are Children in India to crime?\u201d.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The report is based on the analysis of National Crime Records Bureau for 2016-17.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key takeaways from the report:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The report says that the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh topped the list of states for crimes against children.There were over 19,000 cases in both the states.<\/li><li>Jharkhand saw the highest increase in crimes against children at 73.9 percent while Manipur had a significant decline of 18.7 percent between 2016 and 2017.<\/li><li>The Child labor in the country also saw a substantial increase of 126%. The report says that in 2016 child labor was 204 and it increased to 462 in 2017.<\/li><li>As far as Child Marriage is concerned there was an increase of 21.17%. The numbers were based on the cases registered under Prohibition of Child Marriage Act(PCMA),2006.<\/li><li>However,the report sees this as a positive development as both child marriage and child labour often get social sanction and go unreported.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommendations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The report suggests that there has to be an increase in the financial investments in child protection.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The focus should be on capacity building among officials working in child protection systems.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About CRY:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Child Rights and You commonly abbreviated as CRY is an Indian non-governmental organization which aims to restore children&#8217;s rights.<\/li><li>The organization was founded in 1979 by Rippan Kapoor.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 came into force on 1st November 2007 in India.It replaced the earlier legislation of Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929.<\/li><li>The act aims to prohibit child marriage, protect and provide relief to victim and enhance punishment for those who abet, promote or such marriage.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The Act also calls appointment of Child Marriage Prohibition Officer for whole or a part of a State by the State government.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About NCRB:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) is an attached office of the Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/li><li>The agency is responsible for collecting and analysing crime data as defined by the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special and Local Laws (SLL).<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:The Child Rights and You has released a report titled \u201cHow Vulnerable are Children in India to crime?\u201d. Facts: The report is based on the analysis of National Crime Records Bureau for 2016-17. Key takeaways from the report: The report says that the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh topped the list of states&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/crimes-against-children-rise-by-20-per-cent-cry-report\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Crimes against children rise by 20 per cent: CRY report<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[956],"tags":[1980,1981],"class_list":["post-11997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-crime-against-children","tag-cry","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1701275788},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}