(a) whether the Government has noticed that children suffering from Acquired Immuno Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS) are being discriminated in various types of children homes including juvenile/reform
homes;
(b) if so, the details of such cases reported during each of the last three years and the current
year, State/UT-wise; and
(c) the appropriate action taken or proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI KRISHNA TIRATH)
(a) & (b): No such incidence has come to the notice of the Government in the Ministry of Women
and Child Development.
(c): The Ministry of Women and Child Development had carried out an amendment in the Juvenile
Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 [JJ Act] in 2011 wherein the discriminatory
Section 48 (2) of the JJ Act has been omitted. Further, the Ministry of Women and Child Development
is implementing the Centrally Sponsored Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) aimed at providing
services to children in need of care and protection. Special provisions are available under ICPS for
better nutrition, nursing care, specialised medical assistance etc. for special needs children in the
Homes, including children with HIV/AIDS. Department of AIDS Control, National AIDS Control Organisation,
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, does not have any specific programme for rehabilitation of HIV
positive patients. However, Anti Retroviral Treatment (ART) Centres provide information to families
of such children regarding various social protection schemes and other support available from
various Ministries of Government of India/State Governments.