Child protection laws need proper implementation

Mangalore Today News Network

Oct 18, 2017: Speaking after inaugurating a one-day training workshop on children’s rights and protection, children’s gram sabha, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Juvenile Justice Act, Udupi’s Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports, said that there should be proper implementation of child protection laws.

Minister Madhwaraj said that India was among the countries with large children’s population. The children were an asset and leaders of the future. But there were reports and incidents of exploitation of children.  Many a time, children were abused by someone close to them or their relatives. The children were young and could not protect themselves. Hence, laws had been made to protect them from any kind of abuse or exploitation.

But no purpose is solved if these laws remained on paper and were not implemented effectively. “There should be zero-tolerance to any exploitation of children. We all should be custodians of the rights of children,” he said.