Summary:
There is a preventive component under which there should be child protection committees at village, block and district levels, but there is no budget set aside for these units. The ICPS is a Centrally-sponsored programme for child protection being implemented across the country from 2009. Child sex abuse surveyChild rights activists have also long been demanding a survey to assess the magnitude of child sex abuse. Uma Subramanian of Mumbai-based Aarambh India too talked about improving ICPS implementation and need to sensitise adults who are custodians of children. more-inInstead of stricter punitive measures for child sexual abuse, there is need to focus on prevention of crimes by enhancing budgetary allocation for the Centre’s Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS), which aims to provide a safety net for children and protect them from falling prey to crimes, said activists..