Question : NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CHILDREN

(a) whether the Government have constituted a National Commission for Children;

(b) if so, the main functions of this Commission alongwith the names of its members and chairman;

(c) whether the Commission has suggested children’s rights and recommended their view; and

(d) if so, the extent to which its recommendations have been implemented so far?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (PROF. RITA VERMA)

(a),(b),(c)&(d) The Government is in the process of finalizing the proposal to set up a National Comission for Children, which would be constituted under an Act of the Parliament with the objectives of effective implementation of laws and rights relating to children.