Annual Report 2008-2009 • The long-term goal of education policy should be towards developing a uniform common school system. Strength of India is having a high percentage of young population. The challenge is with us to transform it into an asset. F. Rights of Women and Children a) Rights of Women Integrated Plan of Action to Prevent and Combat Human Trafficking with Special Focus on Children and Women 6.26 In the last Annual Report of NHRC, it was reported that when the Task Force constituted for finalizing the Integrated Plan of Action to Prevent and Combat Human Trafficking with Special Focus on Children and Women (INPoA) had not completed its task, the Commission on its part approved the draft INPoA and forwarded the same to the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Government of India on 12 January 2009 for taking further necessary action in the matter. A copy of the same was also forwarded to the National Commission for Women, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and the Ministry of Labour, Government of India, for appropriate action. 6.27 Subsequently, the MWCD had convened a meeting on 11 June 2009 inviting the concerned representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Labour, NHRC and NCW for a discussion whereby the INPoA is formally adopted by the Government of India. The MWCD drew the attention of all those present on the occasion towards the time-frame matrix evolved by them detailing out the action points, activities to be carried out by each of the concerned Ministries/ Departments/Academies/Institutions including the time-frame during which the required action point and activities associated with it have to be completed. 6.28 The participants in principle agreed to the adoption of the INPoA and suggested that: • The INPoA should be in line with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) developed for the implementation of the SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution. • The INPoA should also include the action points provided in the Gender Convergence Action Plan which is being formulated separately. • The matrix developed should clearly identify the Ministry which would be responsible for implementation of that particular action point. Also, the serial numbers followed in the INPoA and that of the matrix should tally with one another. • The INPoA should identify monitorable indicators wherever possible. • The issue of child adoption leading to trafficking should be incorporated in the INPoA. • A study may be undertaken in high source areas to find out whether poverty alleviation programmes under NREGA have had any effect on the incidences of trafficking and its reduction. 90