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Views | Not much cheer for children in Budget 2012

Views | Not much cheer for children in Budget 2012 Enakshi Ganguly Thukral & Madhumita Purkayatha First Published: Wed, Mar 21 2012. 11 15 PM IST Updated: Thu, Mar 22 2012. 11 48 AM IST The finance minister presented his budget on 16 March. The young citizens of India, our ..... Read More

Let’s support SC in tracking India’s 60,000 missing children

India’s rising number of missing children can now hope for some respite. The Supreme Court this week issued notices to the government on a petition filed by NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan on the callousness of the police in tracking missing children. What should disturb every person is that majority of ..... Read More

5.3 p.c. share for children in budget

18 p.c. cut in protection sector allocation; development, health sectors see increase in share As much as 5.3 per cent of the Union Budget for 2012-13 is Budget for Children (BfC) with an increase of 0.3 per cent since 2011-12. This must be set against the inflation rate of 6.6 ..... Read More

NGOs oppose reduction in child protection funds

Ashpreet Sethi, Mar 18, 2012, DH News Service: Delhi child rights groups oppose 18 per cent fall in allocation of funds for protection of children in this year's budget compared to last year. Nearly 5.3 per cent of the Union budget is allocated towards children's well being referred to as ..... Read More