05 Aug Mission Vatsalya Scheme
Mission Vatsalya Scheme
The topic talks about how the Mission Vatsalya Scheme impacts the Indian Polity and Constitution.
Related Ministry: Ministry of Women and Child Development
Historical Perspective
Prior to 2009, the Ministry of women and child development Implemented three schemes for children in need of protection, The juvenile justice program for children in need of care and protection as well as children in conflict with the law, The integrated program for street children, The scheme for assistance to children’s homes.
In 2010, these were merged into a single plan known as the Integrated Child Protection Scheme.
In 2017, it was renamed “Child Protection Services Scheme,” and again in 2021-22 as Mission Vatsalya.
Mission Vatsalya Scheme is a roadmap to achieve development and child protection priorities aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
It lays emphasis on child rights, advocacy, and awareness along with strengthening the juvenile justice care and protection system with the motto to ‘leave no child behind’.
Related Act of Mission Vatsalya Scheme
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 provisions and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 form the basic framework for the implementation of the Mission. Funds under the Mission Vatsalya Scheme are released according to the requirements and demands made by the States/UTs.
Who Sponsors this Scheme
The Scheme is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in partnership with State Governments and UT Administrations to support the States and UTs in universalizing access and improving the quality of services across the country. The fund-sharing pattern is in the ratio of 60:40 between Center and State & Union Territories with Legislature respectively.
The fund-sharing pattern between Center and State is in the ratio of 90:10 for the North-Eastern States viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura and two Himalayan States viz. Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and UT of Jammu and Kashmir. For Union Territories without Legislature, it is 100% central share.
Mission Vatsalya scheme supports the children through Non-Institutional Care under Private Aided Sponsorship wherein interested sponsors (individuals/ institutions/companies/ banks/ industrial units/ trusts etc.) can provide assistance to children in difficult circumstances.
The District Magistrates take measures to encourage individuals or Public/ Private Sector Organizations to sponsor a child or a group of children or an Institution. Such arrangements are subject to stipulations as per the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, and the Rules thereof.
Conclusion
These guidelines are in the right direction, as there are enormous children in our country who are suffering from physical and mental disabilities and all these initiatives would make their life easy.
The need to implement all these initiatives efficiently and at a better pace.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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