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25 Sep

Haryana Prioritises Welfare Schemes for Women and Children, Expands Juvenile Justice Fund to Rs 10 Crore

Balwinder Singh0 CommentsHaryanaAnganwadi, child welfare, Haryana, Mission Vatsalya, Nayab Singh Saini, POCSO relief

Chandigarh (Balwinder Singh): The Haryana government is intensifying efforts to ensure that state welfare programs reach every vulnerable woman and child, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini announced on Friday. Presiding over a high-level review meeting of the Women and Child Development Department in Chandigarh alongside Minister Shruti Choudhry, Saini issued sweeping directives to expedite the construction of dedicated state-owned facilities for Anganwadi centres currently operating out of rented premises, instructing officials to identify surplus government land, school spaces, and community halls for rapid development. Addressing menstrual hygiene under the Mahila Evam Kishori Samman Yojana, the Chief Minister directed authorities to…

Punjab Establishes specialized Adoption Agencies in Every District to Secure Families for 134 Children

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabBaljit Kaur, child welfare, Punjab adoption

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): In a major step towards making child protection and the legal adoption process more efficient, transparent and robust, the State Adoption Resource Agency (SARA), Punjab, under the Department of Social Security, Women and Child Development, Government of Punjab, today organised a one-day State-Level Training Programme on the Adoption Regulations, 2022 under the leadership of Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann. Addressing the media after inaugurating the training programme, Punjab Cabinet Minister for Social Security, Women and Child Development, Dr. Baljit Kaur, said that the Punjab Government is fully committed to ensuring that no child in the State…

SC Seeks Centre’s Response on Surrogacy-Linked Trafficking Report and 1.47 Lakh Missing Children

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsIndia: Supreme Court, child trafficking, child welfare, Ministry of Home Affairs, missing children, surrogacy scam

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): The Supreme Court of India has issued a notice to the Central Government, demanding a comprehensive response following a deeply concerning report highlighting that 1.47 lakh children are currently missing across the country. The top court expressed severe anxiety over data suggesting a growing, illicit nexus between unregulated commercial surrogacy networks and inter-state child trafficking syndicates. A Bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R. Mahadevan noted that significant systemic gaps in coordination between various state and central law enforcement agencies have allowed organised trafficking networks to exploit vulnerable minors. The court emphasized that a substantial number…