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Full compliance of the provisions of the Rights of Persons With
Disabilities Act 2016 regarding access should be ensured to
provide disabled friendly infrastructure in all places required to
be accessed by disabled children. (Action by the States /UTs)/
MHRD/Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities,
Ministry of Social Justice) accessed by disabled children.
Action by the States /UTs)/MHRD/Department of Empowerment of
Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice.
Proviso should be added to Section 29 and 30 of the POCSO Act so
as to ensure that child accused is not dealt at par with the adult
perpetrator.
Action by the Ministry of Law and Justice/ Ministry of Women and
Child Development.
Children in CCIs who do not have date of birth or any other
identification, it should be the responsibility of CCIs to ensure
the identity proof for such children. (As provided under JJ Act
especially Sec.94 or any other law as may be applicable).
Action by the States /UTs)/MHRD/Department of Empowerment of
Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice.
Individual care plans should be prepared for all the children
produced before the JJBs and CWCs, based on social investigation
report and psycho- social assessments.
Action by Ministry of Women and Child Development
Special coaching should be provided in every CCI for children (who
join the Formal School system in order to help them cope with
the school curriculum and bring them at par academically with
other children in their class). At the same time viable vocational
training and skill development programmes should be promoted
for children who can neither be linked to the Formal Schools nor
the National Open School system. Action by the States /UTs)/
MHRD/Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities,
Ministry of Social Justice.
For enquiry whether the juvenile has to be treated as an adult,
it must be ensured that the expert advice is obtained from
experienced psychologists, psycho social worker or other experts
(panels of names and details of such experts with allocated fees
should be prepared at the State level which should be widely
accessible to all stakeholders).
Action by Ministry of Women and Child Development.