DEPARTMENT  OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR SECOND INDIA COUNTRY REPORT

 

ARTICLE 4, 42 AND 44 [GENERAL MEASURES OF IMPLEMENTATION]

1. Are any initiatives taken in co-operation with the civil society (for e.g., professional group's non-governmental organisations) and any mechanisms developed to evaluate progress achieved?

 

ARTICLE 24 [HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES]

2. To ensure that all segments of society, particularly parents and children are informed have access to education and are supported in the use of basic knowledge of child health and nutrition, advantages of breast feeding, hygiene and environmental sanitation, prevention of accidents. Provide information on:

  • Campaigns, programmes, services, strategies, relevant mechanisms developed to provide basic knowledge, information and support to the general population, in particular to parents and children.
  • Availability of safe sanitation
  • Disaggregated data - by age, gender, region, region, rural/urban area, social.
  • Also provide information on:
  • policies and programmes developed, services available
  • population covered - by rural/urban, age, gender, social, ethnic origin
 

ARTICLE 27, PARA 1-3 (STANDARD OF LIVING)

3. What measures have been adopted to recognise and ensure the rights of every child to standard of living;

  • Indicate relevant indicators used to access adequate standard of living and its incidence among child population by gender, age, rural/urban, social, ethnic and family situation;
  • Indicate the criteria have been used to assess the ability and financial capacity of parents and others to secure living condition necessary for child development, as well to identify those conditions;
  • Disaggregated data to be provided by region, age, gender, rural/urban area, social and ethnic origin?
  • Indicate measures have been adopted in case of need, material assistance and support programmes with regard to nutrition, clothing and housing. Also, indicate the nature of assistance and programmes, population addressed by them by gender, age, rural/urban areas, social and ethnic origins, proportion of budget allocated, coverage ensured, priorities and target identification;
  • Indicate measures have been adopted as a follow up to the declaration and Plan of Action adopted by UN Conference on Human Settlements?

4. What progress have been made to achieve the implementation, difficulties encountered, and targets set for the future?

5. What are the measures to affect the commitments made at Habitat II in 1996, to prevent any occurrence of forced relocation, displacements & any other types of population movements through programmes like registration, facilities for comprehensive family rehabilitation & ensure access to basic services?