Child Rights Body Asks States To Upload Data Of Children Orphaned By Covid

The NCPR has written to Principal secretaries of states and union territories to upload the information on the Bal Swaraj portal.

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has directed States and union territories to submit data of all children, who have been orphaned or have lost one of their parents to Covid-19. The NCPR has written to Principal secretaries of states and union territories to upload the information on the Bal Swaraj portal. The portal, created to digitally monitor and track children in need of care and protection, has been extended for use amid the pandemic under the COVID-Care link. "Children who have lost both or either of the parent or are found to be without family support in need of care and protection under Section 2(14) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and therefore, it is necessary that the right of such children are upheld and protected," the Commission said.