The Ministry of Women and Child Development has sent its draft guidelines for Mission <\/span>Vatsalya <\/span><\/i>Scheme to States and Union Territories to seek their suggestions.<\/span><\/p>\n Mission Vatsalya focuses on <\/span>Child Protection Services and child welfare services<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n It is essentially a renamed version of the <\/span>pre-existing scheme called Child Protection Services.<\/span><\/p>\n Objectives of the Mission:<\/b> 1) <\/b>To <\/span>secure a healthy and happy childhood for every child in India, <\/span>2) <\/b>To foster a sensitive, supportive and synchronized ecosystem for the development of children, <\/span>3) <\/b>To assist States\/UTs in delivering the mandate of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015<\/a> and <\/span>4)<\/b> To achieve the SDG goals.<\/span><\/p>\n Components under the mission:<\/b> \u200b\u200b <\/span>It will include statutory bodies; service delivery structures; institutional care\/services; non-institutional community-based care; emergency outreach services (<\/span>through Childline or the national helpline 1098 for children)<\/span>; training and capacity building.<\/span><\/p>\n Under the mission, the Government plans to partner<\/span> with the private sector as well as volunteer groups for its scheme for the protection of vulnerable children such as those abandoned or missing.<\/span><\/p>\n For this, a Vatsalya<\/span> portal will be developed that will allow volunteers to register so that State and District Authorities can engage them in executing various schemes.<\/span><\/p>\n The mission plans to integrate the massively successful Childline<\/a> with the Ministry of Home Affairs\u2019 helpline 112 which provides emergency services for medical emergencies, women\u2019s safety and fire.<\/span><\/p>\n This move has been opposed by Child rights activists, as they have said the police should not be the first responder to complaints from children. This will take away the space children have to share and open up.<\/span><\/p>\nWhat is Mission Vatsalya?<\/b><\/h5>\n
Key Features of the Mission<\/b><\/h6>\n
What is the concern related to the mission?<\/b><\/h5>\n