DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR SECOND INDIA COUNTRY REPORT

ARTICLE 1 [DEFINITION OF CHILD]

70. Are there any differences between national legislation and Convention on the definition of the child? Give details mainly pertaining to the following issues:

• Minimum legal age defined by the National Legislation for the following

• Legal and Medical counselling without parental consent

• Medical treatment or surgery without parental consent

• Age-limit for ending compulsory education

• Admissions to employment or work including hazardous work, part-time or full time work

• Marriage

• Sexual consent for boys and girls

• Voluntary enlistment in the armed forces

• Conscription

• Criminal responsibilities

• Deprivation of liberty

• Capital punishment and life imprisonment

ARTICLE 12 [RESPECTS FOR THE VIEWS OF THE CHILD]

71. What are the opportunities provided for the child to be heard in judicial and administrative procedures affecting him or her, as well as situations in which the child can intervene directly or through a representative or an appropriate body?

ARTICLE 7 [NAME AND NATIONALITY]

72. What are the measures adopted to ensure the child's right to know and be cared for by his or her parents?

ARTICLE 37 [THE RIGHT NOT TO BE SUBJECTED TORTURE OR OTHER INHUMAN TREATMENT PUNISHMENT]

73. Are torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of children penalised by criminal law? Have complaint procedures been established and are remedies available to the child? Provide information on:

• Awareness campaigns launched to prevent torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of children

• Educative and training activities developed, particularly with personnel in institutions, services and facilities working with and for children, aimed at preventing any form of ill treatment.

• Cases where children have been victims of any such acts

• Measures adopted to prevent the impunity of perpetrators, including by investigating such cases and punishing those found responsible

• Measures adopted to ensure the physical and psychological recovery and reintegration of children who have been tortured or otherwise ill-treated.

• Any independent monitoring system established.
  

ARTICLE 11 [ILLICIT TRANSFER AND NON-RETURN]

74. What are the steps taken to combat illicit transfer and non-transfer of children abroad, and mechanisms established to monitor such situations? Are there any bilateral or multilateral agreements on this subject concluded by or acceded to by the State Party and the impact that they have had? What progress has been achieved and the difficulties met with in countering such situations, together with relevant data on children concerned by gender, age, national origin, place of residence, family status and relationship with the perpetrator of illicit transfer?

ARTICLE 21 [ADOPTION]

75. Indicate measures adopted, including of a legislative, administrative and judicial nature, to ensure that, when the State recognises and/or permits the system of adoption, the best interests of the child shall be the paramount consideration. Provide information on:

• Authorities competent to authorise adoption of a child;

• The applicable law and procedures and pertinent and reliable information on the basis of which adoption is determined;

• The child's status concerning his or her parents, relatives and legal guardian necessary for adoption;

• Ways to ascertain the involvement of the person concerned, circumstances under which their informed consent is required; whether necessary counselling provided; extent to which participation of the child is ensured and his or her views are given due weight;

• Existing safeguards to protect the child including any monitoring mechanisms;

• Effects of adoption on the rights of the child in particular to his/her civil rights, including child's identity and the right of the child to know his or her biological parents.

76. In case of inter country adoption, what are the measures undertaken to ensure that such a solution is considered as an alternative means of care for the child if he/she cannot be cared for in the child's country? Does a child involved in inter-country adoption enjoy safeguards and standards equivalent to those existing in case of national adoption or placement by inter-country adoption does not result in improper financial gain? Have appropriate mechanisms been established to monitor the situation of the child?

77. Are there any bilateral or multilateral arrangements or agreements with the objectives of Article 21? What are the measures adopted to ensure that competent authorities or organs carry out placement of child in another country? What are the relevant disaggregated data on the children involved in adoption by age, gender, status of the child, situation of the child's family of origin and adoption, as well as country of origin and of adoption? Indicate progress achieved, difficulties encountered and targets set for future?

ARTICLE 25 [PERIODIC REVIEW OF PLACEMENT]

78. What are the measures undertaken (of a legislative, administrative and judicial nature) to recognise the right of the child placed by competent authorities, to make periodic review of treatment provided to the child in public and private institutions, to provide services and facilities and the circumstances relevant to his or her placement?

79. Provide information on:

• Authorities considered competent for such purposes; appropriate independent mechanisms

• Circumstances taken into account in deciding the placement of the child

• Frequency of review of placement and treatment provided

• Respect ensured to the provisions and principles of the Convention

• Relevant data on the children including abandonment, disability, asylum seeking and refugees including unaccompanied children and in situations of conflict with law

• Disaggregated data by age, gender, national, ethnic and social origin, family situation, place of residence, duration of placement and frequency of review.

• Progress achieved, difficulties encountered, targets set.
  

ARTICLE 19 [ABUSE AND NEGLECT] ARTICLE 39 [INCLUDING PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICALRECOVERY AND SOCIAL REINTEGRATION]

80. Are there appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures taken to protect the child from all forms of physical and mental violence, injury, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment, exploitation, sexual abuse while in the care of parents, legal guardians or any other person who has care for the child? Also indicate:

• Legislation (criminal or family law) includes prohibition of all forms of physical and mental violence, including corporal punishment, deliberate humiliation, injury, abuse, neglect, exploitation within the family, foster and other forms of care, public and private institutions such as penal institution or schools

• Existing legal safeguards relevant to protection of the child

• Whether complaint procedures have been foreseen and the child can lodge complaints either directly or through a representative, as well as remedies available

• Procedures developed for intervention by the authorities in cases where the child requires protection from any form of violence, abuse or negligence

• Educational and other measures adopted to promote positive and non-violent forms of discipline, care and treatment of the child

• Any information and awareness raising campaigns to prevent situations of violence, abuse or negligence and to strengthen the system for the child protection.

• Any mechanisms established to monitor the extent of forms of violence, injury, abuse, neglect, maltreatment, exploitation including within the family, in institutional or other care, of welfare, educational and penal nature; social and other factors contributing thereto; any evaluation made to the effectiveness and measures adopted; disaggregated data on children concerned including gender, age, family situation, rural/urban, social and ethnic.

81. Provide information on:

• Effective procedures developed for establishment of social programmes to provide of social programmes to provide necessary support for the child including rehabilitation mechanisms.

• Other forms of exploitation

• Effective measures adopted for identification, reporting, referral, investigation, treatment and follow-up instances of maltreatment, judicial involvement.

• Existence of any system of mandatory reporting for professional groups working with or for children (teachers, medical doctors)

• Existence of confidential help lines, advice or counselling for child victims of violence, abuse, neglect or any other forms

• Special training provided for relevant professionals.

82. What are the measures adopted to ensure physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of the child victim in an environment, which fosters the health, self-respect and dignity? Indicate the progress achieved, difficulties encountered and targets set

ARTICLE 16 [PROTECTION OF PRIVACY]

83. What are measures adopted to prevent any arbitrary or unlawful interference with the child's privacy, family, home or correspondence, as well as any attack on his or her honour and reputation? Indicate the protection provided by law against such interference or attacks, and remedies made available, and specific measures adopted for children placed in institutions for treatment of care or protection, including judicial and administrative?

ARTICLE 6 AND 18 [BASIC HEALTH AND WELFARE]

84. Provide information on:

• Situation of the physically and mentally disabled child and the measures taken to ensure:-

• child's enjoyment of a full and decent life, in conditions which ensure the child's dignity and self reliance

• child's enjoyment of his or her rights without discrimination of any kind and prevention, elimination of discriminatory attitudes against him or her

• promotion of child's active participation in the community

• child's effective access to education, training, health care and rehabilitation services, preparation for employment and recreation opportunities.

• consideration given to the inclusion of disabled children together with children without disabilities in institutions, services and facilities, including with the education system.

• Child's right to special care and steps taken to ensure the extension, subject to available resources, to the eligible child and those responsible for his or her care; assistance appropriate to the child's condition and to the circumstances of the parents and others caring for the child.

• Whether possible assistance is provided free of charge

• Measures taken to ensure effective evaluation of the situation of disabled children; development of a system to track and identify disabled children; establishment of monitoring mechanism; assessment of progress and difficulties encountered; targets for future.

• Measures taken for adequate training for those responsible for the care of disabled children, family, community, within relevant institutions.

• Measures taken to promote exchange of appropriate information in the field of preventive health care and of medical, psychological and functional treatment of disabled children including dissemination of and access to information concerning method of rehabilitation, education and vocational services.; measures taken by the state to improve their capabilities and skills and widen their experience in these area;

• Children concerned including by type of disability, coverage of assistance provided, programmes and services - including education, training, care, rehabilitation, employment and recreation, financial and other resources allocated; disaggregated data by gender, age, rural/urban, social and ethnic origin.
  

CHILDREN INVOLVED WITH THE SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE

ARTICLE 40 (THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE)

124. Indicate legislative and other measures taken to recognise the right of every child involved with the system of the administration of juvenile justice (alleged as, accused of, or recognised as having infringed the penal law) to be treated in a manner:

• Consistent with the promotion of the child’s sense of dignity and worth;

• Which reinforces the child’s respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of others;

• Which takes into account the child’s age and the desirability of promoting the child’s reintegration and the child’s assuming a constructive role in society;

• Which ensures respect for the general principles of the convention, to the maximum extent.

125. With respect to article 40, paragraph 2, indicate relevant international instruments applicable in the area of the administration of juvenile justice, including at the multilateral, regional or bilateral levels, as well as legislative and other appropriate measures adopted to ensure in particular that:

• No child shall be alleged as, accused of or recognised as having infringed the penal law by reason of acts or omissions that were not prohibited by national or international law at the time they were committed;

• Every child alleged as or accused of having infringed the penal law has at least the following guarantees, indicating, were relevant, additional guarantees provided to the child:

• To be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law;

• To be informed promptly (indicating any time-limit fixed by law) and directly of the charges against him or her and, if appropriate, through his or her legal guardians, and to have legal or other appropriate assistance in the preparation and presentation of his or her defence; in this regard, please indicate what other appropriate assistance may be made available to the child;

• To have the matter determined without delay (indicating any time-limit fixed by law) by a competent, independent and impartial authority or judicial body in a fair hearing according to law, in the presence of legal or other appropriate assistance (indicating what other appropriate assistance may be made available to the child) and, unless it is considered not to be in the best interests of the child, in particular taking into account his or her age or situation, in the presence of his or her parents or legal guardian;

• Not to be compelled to give testimony or to confess quilt; to examine or have examined adverse witnesses and to obtain the participation and examination of witnesses on his or her behalf under conditions of equality;

• If considered to have infringed the penal law, to have this decision and any measures imposed in consequence there of reviewed by a higher competent, independent and impartial authority or judicial body according to law;

• To have the free assistance of an interpreter if the child cannot understand or speak the language used; to have his or her privacy respected at all stages of the proceedings.

126. Indicate measures adopted in pursuant to article 40, paragraph 3 to promote the establishment of law, procedures, authorities and institutions specially applicable to children alleged as, accused of, or recognised as having infringed the penal law, providing information on the areas addressed by legislation and procedures, as well as the functions, number and distribution throughout the country.

127. Indicate measures adopted to ensure a child-oriented system, including:

• The establishment of a minimum age below which children shall be presumed not to have the capacity to infringe the penal law;

• Measures taken for dealing with such children without resorting to judicial proceedings, and to ensure that in such cases human rights and legal safeguards are fully respected, indicating the situations in which such a system applies and relevant procedures established for the purpose.

128. Indicate the variety of dispositions made available in pursuant to article 40, paragraph 4, including that of care, guidance and supervision orders, counselling, probation, foster care, education and vocational training programmes and other alternatives to institutional care, to ensure that children are dealt with in a manner appropriate to their well-being and proportionate both to their circumstances and the offence.

129. Indicate the kind of training activities developed for all professionals involved with the system of juvenile justice, including judges, prosecutors, lawyers, law enforcement officials, immigration officers and social workers, on the provision of the convention and other relevant international instruments in the field of juvenile justice, including the "Beijing Rules", the "Riyadh Guidelines" and "the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty".

130. Indicate progress achieved in the implementation of article 40, difficulties encountered, targets set for the future. Provide disaggregated data on the children by age, gender, region, rural/urban area, national, social and ethnic origin, offence and disposition made available.

ARTICLE 37 (B)- (D) (CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY, INCLUDING ANY FORM OF DETENTION, IMPRISONMENT OF PLACEMENT IN CUSTODIAL SETTINGS)

131. Indicate legislative and other measures adopted in pursuant to article 37 (b) to ensure that no child is deprived of his or her liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily; the arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child is in conformity with the law and is used only as a measures of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time; the general principles of the convention are respected, to the maximum extent possible.

132. Indicate the existing alternatives to deprivation of liberty, the frequency with which they are used and the children concerned, including by age, gender, region, rural/urban area, and social and ethnic origin.

133. Indicate the measures and mechanism established to:

• Prevent the deprivation of liberty of children, including through arrest, detention and imprisonment, inter alia in relation on asylum seekers and refugees;

• To prevent the imposition of indeterminate sentences, including through their legal prohibition;

• To monitor the situation of the children concerned, including through an independent mechanism;

• To monitor progress, identify difficulties and set goals for the future.

134. Provide information on the number of children deprived of liberty, unlawfully, arbitrarily and within the law, as well as on the period of deprivation of liberty, including data disaggregated by gender, age, region, rural/urban areas, and national, social and ethnic origin, and the reasons for such deprivation of liberty.

135. Indicate legislative and other measures adopted in pursuant to article 37 (c) to ensure that any child deprived of liberty is treated:

• With humanity and respect for the inherent humanity of the human person;

• In a manner which takes into account the needs of persons of his or her age.

136. Indicate the measures adopted and arrangements made to ensure that:

• The child deprived of liberty is separated from adults unless it is considered in the best interests of the child not to do so;

• The child has the right to maintain contact with his or her family through correspondence and visits (indicating the number or such contacts), save in exceptional circumstances, those circumstances being specified in the report;

• The conditions in institutions in which children are placed are supervised and monitored, including by an independent mechanism; complaint procedures are made available to the child;

• A periodic review is made of the situation of the child and of the circumstances relevant to his/her placement; education and health services are provided to the child;

• The general principles of the convention are respected, to the maximum extent possible.

137. Indicate the measures have been adopted in pursuant to article 37 (d) to ensure that every child deprived of liberty has the right:

• To prompt access to legal and other appropriate assistance, indicating inter alia whether there is any legal time-limit for such access to assistance and what other appropriate assistance may be made available to the child;

• To challenge the legality of the deprivation of his or her liberty before a court or other competent, independent and impartial authority;

• Any prompt decision on any such action, indicating inter alia whether there is any legal time limit for such a decision to be taken.

138. Provide information on the overall situation, as well as on the percentage of cases where legal or other assistance has been provided, and where the legality of the deprivation of liberty has been confirmed, including disaggregated data on the child concerned, including by age, gender region, rural/urban area and social and ethnic origin.

139. Indicate the progress achieved in the implementation of article 37 (b) to (d), difficulties encountered, targets set for the future.

ARTICLE 37 (A) (THE SENTENCING OF CHILDREN, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO BE PROHIBITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND LIFE IMPRISONMENT)

140. Indicate the measures adopted, at the legislative and other levels, to ensure that neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment without possibility of release in imposed for offences committed by persons.

141. Provide information on the progress has been achieved in the implementation of article 37 (a), difficulties encountered and targets set for the future.

ARTICLE 39 (PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RECOVERY AND SOCIAL REINTEGRATION OF THE CHILD)

142. Indicate the measures taken pursuant to article 39 and in the light of article 40, paragraph 1, to promote the physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of the child involved with the system of the administration of juvenile justice, and to ensure that such recovery and reintegration take place in an environment which fosters the health, self-respect and dignity of the child.

143. Provide information on the mechanisms established, programmes and activities developed for the purpose, as well as the education and vocational training provided, and indicate relevant disaggregated data on the children concerned, by age, gender, region rural/urban area and social and ethnic origin. Indicate the progress achieved in the implementation of article 39, difficulties encountered and targets set for the future.

ARTICLE 33 (DRUG ABUSE)

144. Indicate appropriate measures adopted including legislative administrative, social and educational measures to:

• Protect children form the illicit use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as defined in relevant international treaties;

• Prevent the use of children in the illicit production and trafficking of such substances

145. Provide information on:

• Relevant international conventions, including at the regional and bilateral levels, to which the State is a party.

• Any arrangements been made and structures developed to raise awareness in the general population and amongst children, including through the social system and whenever appropriate by the consideration of this topic by the school curricula;

• Any measures been undertaken to assist children and their families, including through counselling, advice and helpless, where appropriate of a confidential nature, and policies and strategies designed to ensure the physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of children concerned;

• Any measures been designed to monitor the incidence of drug abuse of children, as well as their involvement in the illicit production and trafficking of narcotic and psychotropic substances, progress achieved, difficulties encountered and targets set for the future;

• Provide relevant disaggregated data including by age, gender, region, rural/urban area, and social and ethnic origin.

146. Provide information on legislative and other measures undertaken to prevent the use by children of alcohol, tobacco and other substances which may be prejudicial to their health and which may be available with or without restrictions to adults, and on any evaluation made of the effectiveness of such measures, together with relevant disaggregated data on the use by children of such substances.

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

147. Indicate the measures (legislative, administrative, educational, budgetary and social levels) adopted, to ensure that a child belonging to an ethnic, religious or linguistic minority or who is indigenous is not denied the right, in community with other members of his or her group:

• to enjoy his or her culture;

• to profess and practice his or her own religion;

• to use his or her own language.

Provide information on:

• The ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities or indigenous groups existing within the State party’s jurisdiction;

• Measures have been adopted to ensure the preservation of the identity of the minority or indigenous group 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 or who are indigenous;

• 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 and ethnic origin;

• Progress achieved and the difficulties encountered in the implementation of this article, as well as any targets set for the future.

84. What are the plans to develop a national drug control plan, with the guidance of UNDCP?

85. What are the plans to abolish by law the imposition of death penalty to persons under 18, raising the age of criminal responsibility, amending and enforcing art. 2(h) of independent monitoring of institution for Juvenile offenders?

86. What efforts are made to promote children’s education in the country, including the initiatives to reach the vulnerable groups in assistance from UNICEF?

87. Are measures taken to register each child taken to police station alongwith date, time and reason for detention, age verification, and medical check up at the time of detention?

88. Has the capacity of institutions for the rehabilitation of children with disabilities especially those living in rural areas increased? Are awareness campaigns in this regard undertaken, with assistance from UNICEF, WHO & relevant NGOs?

PERFORMA FOR STATISTICAL DATA Name of the State/UT: Name of the Department: Population of Children in your State/UT: Male: Female: Total:

DEFINITION OF CHILD [Art. 1] 24. Provide Minimum Legal Age defined by National/State Legislation for the following:   Female Male Legal and medical counselling without parental consent     Medical treatment or surgery without parental consent     End of compulsory education     Admission to employment or work including hazardous works, part-time or full-time work     Marriage     Sexual Consent     Voluntary enlistment in the armed forces     Conscription     Criminal responsibilities     Deprivation of liberty     Capital punishment and life imprisonment     Giving testimony in court, in civil and criminal cases     Lodging complaints and seeking redress before a court or other relevant authority without parental responsibility     Participating in the administrative and judicial proceedings affecting the child     Giving consent to change of identity, including change of name, modification of family relations, adoption and guardianship

BUDGET [Art.4]

25. What is the proportion of the budget devoted to social expenditures for children?

Amount/Proportion of State Budget (in crores Rs)   State District Block Health       Education       Welfare

26. What kind of international aid is received by your State/UT?

Name of the Funding Agency Programme/Project Total Amount Received Amount allocated to Children’s Programme Name of the Children’s Programme for which the amount was used.

RIGHT OT LIFE, SURVIVAL, AND DEVELOPMENT [Art.6]

27. Provide details on number of children committing suicide:

1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 Total Number of Children Committing Suicide           Number of Children Committing Suicide (Males)           Number of Children Committing Suicide (Females)

28. Provide data on children for the following:

Females Males Total Number of Births       Registration of Births       Number of Deaths       Registration of Deaths

CIVIL RIGHTS AND FREEDOM [Art.17]

29. Number of Programs for children that were broadcast:

Year Television Radio 1992     1993     1994     1995     1996     1997     1998     1999     2000

30. Number of Publications on Child Rights and related issues:

Year Number of Publication Name Language 1992       1993       1994       1995       1996       1997       1998       1999       2000

31. Provide information about the disaggregated data collected for various groups of children:

Who collects?   What kind of data is collected?   How is it compiled?   How is the data used?

EDUCATION, LEISURE AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES [Art.28, 29, 31]

32. Provide details on budgetary allocation to education in the past five years:

1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 Total Budget           Primary Education           Proportion of Total Budget           Secondary Budget           Proportion of Total Budget

33. Provide details of the following:

1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000   F M T F M T F M T F M T F M T Illiteracy Rates                               School Enrolment Rates Primary Secondary                               School Drop Out Rates Primary Secondary

F-Female  M-Male T-Total

ADOPTION [Art.21]

34. Provide details of authorized adoptions in your State/UT:

I. Total Number of Authorized Adoption Centres   2. Total Number of Authorized Adoption   a. Number of Female children Adopted   b. Number of Male Children Adopted   3. Total Number of Inter Country Adoptions   a. Number of Inter Country Adoptions (Male)   b. Number of Inter Country Adoptions (Female)

35. Provide details of children who have been deprived of their families, adopted and placed in institutions:

Number deprived of families Number of such children adopted Number of such children placed in institutions Male Female       Orthopaedically Disabled       Speech Disabled       Learning Disabled       Mentally Disabled       Spastics       Higher Income Group       Middle Income Group

BASIC HEALTH AND WELFARE [Art. 6, 18 (3), 23, 24, 26, 27 (1)-(3)] HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES [Art.24]

36. Provide information on:

Number of Females Pre-natal health care of mothers   Post natal health care   Rate of mortality

37. Provide disaggregated data on the following:

Females Males Age Region Rural Urban Social Total Infant mortality                 Child mortality                 General health care                 Curative health care                 Malnutrition Chronic Severe                 Immunization rate                 Low birth weight                 Access and benefit to medical and health care                 Access to safe drinking water                 Provision of adequate nutritious food                 Risk from environmental pollution                 Childhood pregnancy                 HIV/AIDS

DISABLED CHILDREN [Art.23]

38. Provide details on disabled children in your State/UTs:

Kind of Disability Total Number of Children Females Males Orthopaedic       Speech       Hearing       Learning       Mental       Spastic       Others (specify)

SOCIAL SECURITY, CHILD CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES [Art, 26, 18(3)]

39. Provide relevant disaggregated information on the appropriate assistance provided to parents and legal guardians in the performance of their child rearing responsibility (institutions, facilities, services), belonging to most disadvantaged groups and those living in extreme poverty.

Assistance Provided Level* Females Males Age Region Rural Urban Social Total

* National-N State-S Local-L

SPECIAL PROTECTION MEASURES [Art. 22, 38, 39, 40, 37 (b)-(d), 32, 36] REFUGEE CHILDREN [Art.22]

40. Provide details on refugee children in your State/UT:

Total Number of Refugee Children   Number of Refugee Children (males)   Number of Refugee Children (females)   Country of Origin

41. Provide data on children for the following:

Females Males Total Abandonment       Asylum Seeking

CHILDREN INVOLVED WITH THE SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE [Art. 40]

42. Please provide information on children involved under Juvenile Justice Act.

1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000   F M T F M T F M T F M T F M T Petty Thefts 0-7 yrs 7-12 yrs 12-18 yrs                               Robbery 0-7 yrs 7-12 yrs 12-18 yrs                               Murder 0-7 yrs 7-12 yrs 12-18 yrs                               Rape 0-7 yrs 7-12 yrs 12-18 yrs                               Other Crimes 0-7 yrs 7-12 yrs 12-18 yrs                               F-Female    M-Male   T-Total

CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY, INCLUDING ANY FORM OF DETENTIION, IMPRISONMENT OF PLACEMENT IN CUSTODIAL SETTINGS [Art.37 (b)-(d)]

43. Provide disaggregated information on children for the following:

1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000   F M T F M T F M T F M T F M T Detention                               Imprisonment                               Exile                               Deportation                               Family re-unification

ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN, INCLUDING CHILD LABOUR [Art.32]

44. Provide details on child labour in your State or UTs?

Total Number of Child Labourers   Number of Child Labourers (Males)   Number of Child Labourers (Females)

45. How many cases of child labour were bought to the court in the last five years?

46. How many resulted in the sanction of employer:

1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 Cases of Child Labour brought to Court           Actions Taken

DRUG ABUSE [Art. 33]

31. Number of children use drugs, tobacco, and alcohol in your State/UT?

1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000   F M T F M T F M T F M T F M T Number of children using drugs                               Number of children using tobacco                               Number of children using alcohol                               F-Females M-Males T-Total

SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, SEXUAL ABUSE, SALE, TRAFFICKING AND ABDUCTION AND OTHER FORMS OF EXPLOITATION [Art.34, 35, 36]

32. Provide number of sexually exploited children in your State/UTs?

1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 Total Number of Sexually Exploited Children           Number of Sexually Exploited Children (Males)           Number of Sexually Exploited Children (Females)

33. Provide data on children for the following:

Females Males Total Number of cases of sale of children       Number of cases on abduction of children

ILLICIT TRNSFER AND NON-RETURN [[Art.11]

34. Please provide data on illicit transfer and non-return of children abroad:

F M Age National Origin Place of Residence Family Status Relation with perpetrator of illicit transfer 0-7 7-12 12-18 Illicit Transfer                   Non-return of children broad

CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS [Art.38] INCLUDING PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RECOVERY AND SOCIAL REINTEGRATION [Art.39]

35. Please provide data on the proportion of children being recruited or voluntary enlisted into armed forces:

Age Origin Total A. Total number of Children being recruited or voluntarily enlisted in armed conflict       Number of Children being recruited or voluntarily enlisted in armed conflict (males)       Number of Children being recruited or voluntarily enlisted in armed conflict (females)       B. Total number of Child Causalities due to armed conflict       Number of Child Causalities due to armed conflict (males)       Number of Child Causalities due to armed conflict (females)       C. Total number of children displaced by armed conflict       Number of children displaced by armed conflict (males)       Number of children displaced by armed conflict(females)

36. Please provide information on children who have received physical and/or psychological recovery and integration into the society:

Total number of children who have received physical and/or psychological treatment as a consequences of armed conflict   Number of children who have received physical and/or psychological treatment as a consequences of armed conflict (males)   Number of children who have received physical and/or psychological treatment as a consequences of armed conflict (females)

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

37. Provide data on children for the following:

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