STATE  COMMISSION  FOR  MINORITIES

INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR SECOND INDIA COUNTRY REPORT


ARTICLE 1 [DEFINITION OF CHILD]

1.  What steps are taken to combat and prevent discrimination, both in law and practice, including discrimination on the basis of race, religion, caste, colour, sex, etc.?

2.  What are the measures adopted to reduce disparities among minorities on economic, social and geographical grounds, including rural and urban areas to prevent discrimination?

3.  What are the measures taken to collect disaggregated data for minorities inn rural and urban areas?

4.  What are the measures taken to prevent and eliminate attitudes to and prejudice against children of minorities?


ARTICLE 30 (CHILDREN BELONGING TO A MINORITY OR AN INDIGENOUS GROUP)

5.  Indicate the measures (legislative, administrative, educational, budgetary and social levels) adopted, to ensure that a child belonging to minority:
  • to enjoy his or her culture;
  • to profess and practice his or her own religion;
  • to use his or her own language.

6.  Provide information on:

  • Minorities existing within the State party’s jurisdiction;
  • Measures have been adopted to ensure the preservation of the identity of the minority to which the child belongs;
  • Measures have been adopted to recognise and ensure the enjoyment of the rights set forth in the Convention by children belonging to a minority;
  • Measures have been adopted to prevent any form of discrimination and combat prejudice against those children, as well as those designed to ensure that they benefit from equal opportunities, including in relation to health care and education;
  • Measures have been adopted to ensure respect for the general principles of the Convention, to the maximum extent possible, as well as non-discrimination;
  • Measures adopted to ensure that in the implementation of the rights recognised in article 30 due consideration is taken of other provisions of the Convention, including in the areas of civil rights, particularly in relation to the preservation of the child’s identity, family environment and alternative care( for example art. 20, para. 3 and art. 21), education and the administration of juvenile justice;
  • Provide relevant disaggregated data on the children concerned, including by age, gender, language, religion, and social origin;
  • Progress achieved and the difficulties encountered in the implementation of this article, as well as any targets set for the future.
 

QUANTITATIVE   DATABASE

Name of the State/UT:

Name of the Department:

Population of Children in your State/UT:
Male:
Female:
Total:

 

CHILDREN BELONGING TO A MINORITY OR AN INDIGENEOUS GROUP [Art. 30]


1. Provide data on children for the following:
 

1997-98

1998-99

1999-2000
 

F

M

T

F

M

T

F

M

T

Number of children belonging to ethnic group                  
Number of children belonging to religious/linguistic minorities                  
Number of children belonging to indigenous group