The universal declaration of human rights adopted way back in 1948, proclaimed that childhood is entitled to special care and assistance. It was only during the twentieth century that the concept of children’s rights emerged. Rights perspective is em-bodied in the United Nations convention on the rights of child in 1989, which is a landmark in international human rights legisla-tion. Children being the most vulnerable section of the society need care, protection and affection for their survival and for all round development.

1. National Health Policy for
children, Special laws relating
to children
By
Mr. Ravi Rai Dangi
Assistant Professor
MSc. Child Health Nursing

2. IMPORTANT ?

3.  Pre-conception &pre-natal diagnostic technical Act 1996

4. VITAL STATASTIC

6. SEX SELECTION
 It includes any procedure, technique test, or administration or
prescription or provision of anything for the purpose of ensuring or
increasing the probability that an embryo will be of a particular sex

7. Central supervisory board
 Advice for policy matter
 Review & monitor the Act
 Public awareness
 Action to ensure its proper & effective implementation

8. Law says
 Only use this method for detecting
1. chromosomal abnormalities
2. Genetic metabolism disease
3. Haemoglobinopathies
4. Sex linked genetic disease
5. Congenital abnormalities

9. Role of us
 Creat awareness among public
 Provide current information ,policies to grass root workers
 Collect the data regarding sex ratio
 Support for Female empowerment
 Aware about various programs (Janani suraksha Yojana)

10. CHILD BIRTH REGISTRATION ACT
Just peeping out to say
“Registered me”

11. THE INFANT MILK SUBSTITUTE FEEDING BOTTLES & INFANT FOODS ACT,1992

12. VARIOUS STUDY REPORTS
 MORTALITY & MORBIDITY INCREASE IN
CHILDREN DUE TO
- Partial breast feed
- no breast feed
- Unhygienic feeding practice
-Wrong Bottle feed practice
 Indian statistic - 55%of children less than 4
months are exclusively breast fed (1989)

13. AIM
 Protection & promotion of breast feeding
 Ensuring the proper use of Infant foods

14. Act says
 No advertise
 Label (Mothers milk is best for your baby, don't write it
is a replacement of mothers milk
 No picture of mother & baby on container
 Details about mfg. date, batch no, exp. Date,
compositions, guidelines for use
 Only recommended by health worker

15. Punishment
 Imprisonment
 fine

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17. JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT 2000

18. Responsibility of GOVT.
 Look into the problem of juvenile social maladjustment
 Special efforts to mobilize all possible family resources
 Rehabilitation

19. Other activities
 Disease condition
 Adoption
 Right to choices

20. Child labor (prohibition &
regulation) Act 1986
 Aim
-To prohibit the engagement of
children in certain employments & to
regulate the conditions of working
 Conditions for working
-No child shall work for more than 3 hrs
followed by at least 1 hr. rest
-Working hours should not more than 6 hrs
-No work between 7pm to 8am
- No work overtime
- Paid weekly holiday
- Strictly avoid danger area for work

21.  Report of United nation Human Development
Program 1970
 -More than 10% labor force of children
in India
 - Worlds average of 6%
 Report of International labor organization 1979
 - 1/3rd rural children population
 - 1/8th urban children population
work in India

22.  Censes of India (1981)
-13.7 million children
 Planning commission report
-17 million children
Areas of working

25. EFFECTS
 Physical development
 Mental development
 Social development
High risk for
- Adopting bad habits
- Permanent disability

26. Punishment
 Imprisonment 6-12 months
 Fine 5-10 thousand

27. Child labor cell
 Formed by Ministry of Labor
 Activity
- Funding
- Monitoring of projects
- Organize meetings
- Workshops

28. National child labor project
 AIM
- To identify
- To withdraw
- To rehabilitate
 PRESENT STATUS
Project in 250 Districts
 Plan cover all districts

29. Role of us
 Create awareness in public
 Encourage for education
 Ensure safe working environment

30. The child marriage
restraint act 1929
EFFECTS

32.  Still practiced in Rajasthan, M.P
 Get approval from – political
 - Society
 - Religion

33. The prevention of child
marriage bill 2004
.
 65% of the girls married in India are below the age of
18.(report of f.w.2003)
 Parliament approved a bill to ban child marriages on
December 15, 2006

34.  THE PERSON WITH DISABILITIES (Equal opportunities
,protection of rights & full participation)
ACT 1995

36.  An Act to give effect to the Proclamation on the Full
Participation and Equality of the People with Disabilities
in the Asian and Pacific Region.
 WHEREAS the Meeting to Launch the Asian and Pacific
Decade of Disabled Persons 1993-2002 convened by the
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific held
at Beijing on 1st to 5th December,1992, adopted the
Proclamation on the Full Participation and Equality of
People with Disabilities in the Asian and Pacific Region.
 AND WHEREAS India is a signatory to the said
Proclamation; AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary to
implement the Proclamation aforesaid. Be it enacted by
Parliament in the Forty-sixth Year of the Republic of India

37.  Executive committee
 Function of Executive Committee

38. ACTIVITIES OF ACT
 1. Prevention & early detection of disabilities
 2. Education
 3. Employment
 4. Nondiscrimination
 5. Research & development
 6. Affirmative action

39.  7. Social security
 8. Grievances Redressal
 9.Mass awareness
 Penalty

40.  THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR WELFARE OF PERSONS WITH
AUTISM, CEREBRAL PALSY,MENTAL RETARDETION &
MULTIPLE DISABILITIES
ACT 1999

41.  DEFINITIONS BY ACT
- Autism
- cerebral palsy

42. THANK YOU