Mission Vatsalya

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About 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 of the juvenile justice care and protection system with the motto to ‘leave no child behind’.

Background:

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 implementation of the Mission.
Components under Mission Vatsalya: It include:
- Improve functioning of statutory bodies;
- Strengthen service delivery structures;
- Upscale institutional care/services;
- Encourage non-institutional community-based care;
- emergency outreach services;
- Training and capacity building.
The Scheme is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme since 2021-22.
Nodal Ministry: The Ministry of Women and Child Development.

About National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD):

It is an autonomous organisation with its Headquarters in New Delhi.
It functions under the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
The objectives of the Institute are:
To develop and promote voluntary action in social development.
To take a comprehensive view of child development and develop and promote programmes in pursuance of the National Policy for Children.
To develop measures for coordination of governmental and voluntary action in social development.
To evolve a framework and perspective for organising children’s programmes through governmental and voluntary efforts

Q1) What are Sustainable Development Goals?

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, are a set of 17 interconnected goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015. The SDGs aim to address various social, economic, and environmental challenges and provide a blueprint for achieving a more sustainable and equitable world by the year 2030.

Source: NIPCCD organizes a Refresher Training Programme on Mission Vatsalya at NIPCCD Regional Centre, Mohali.