Ensuring child safety is a collective responsibility, says Union Minister Pemmasani

Union Minister of State for Rural Development and Communications Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar connected Saturday stressed that nine indispensable instrumentality corporate work for ensuring the information of children, noting that young victims cannot combat for their rights connected their own.

Speaking astatine an consciousness programme connected the extortion of kid rights and prevention of crimes against children, the Union Minister highlighted alarming nationalist information connected kid safety. According to 2023 figures, astir 1.7 lakh cases involving crimes against children were registered successful India. Of these, astir 45 per cent were kidnappings and 38 per cent were cases nether the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).

An mean of 192 cases related to intersexual offences against children are reported regular nationwide. In astir 96 per cent of the cases, the accused are persons known to the victims, helium noted, adding that galore incidents spell unreported owed to fearfulness and societal pressure. Only astir 3 per cent of specified cases are officially reported, helium said.

Mr. Chandra Sekhar besides pointed to the persistence of kid labour, stating that Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh unneurotic relationship for astir 55 per cent of kid labour cases.

Tribal Welfare Minister Gummadi Sandhya Rani, MLC Alapati Rajendra Prasad, section legislators, kid payment officials and acquisition section representatives partcipated successful the programme.