Hry Min stresses need for campaign to check crime against children

Haryana Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain today stressed upon the need of launching a major campaign to check crime against children.

Jain stressed upon the need to prevent crime against children and to prevent them from committing crimes as well.

The minister was speaking here during the two-day North-West Regional Review Conference organised for deliberation on Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and restorative justice, an official release said.

The Juvenile Justice Act comprises of all rights of children, from right to education, equality, privacy and fight against any crime against them, Jain said.

She said emphasis should be laid on how the victim and children involved in crime are rehabilitated under the Act and whether they are assured of their rights through this law or not. The JJ Act encourages children to fight for their rights, she added.

Jain said the state government is making efforts for the all round development of children.

In view of rising crime against small girls, the state government has made a provision of punishment of death for those found guilty of raping a girl up to 12 years of age.

She said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched 'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao' campaign from Haryana in 2015. "Since then, Haryana has made considerable progress in improving the sex ratio in the state. The state was also awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar in recognition of our success in improving female sex ratio at birth," she added.

As many as 127 participants from Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Delhi were present at the event.