Critical Analysis of Childcare Institutions in India

Abstract

Children are the emblem of what a country is going to be in the coming years and hence the protection and rehabilitation of children is a very important aspect that needs to be discussed and taken care of every now and then. All the 195 countries in the world today are taking initiatives best in their capacity to ensure that the children of their respective countries develop into the capable human resources for the future of their country depends on them only. International conventions, legislations, local laws and various development programmes are being framed and run to ensure the same. In India as well, various laws have been framed both at the central and state level for complete protection and rehabilitation of children other than the development laws. One of them includes the provision of childcare institutions for children to cater the needs of those children who lack proper resources or are in conflict with law. These childcare institutions includes children homes, open shelter home, observation homes and many more established under Juvenile Justice Act, 2015. But a great gap has come to notice with the on paper provisions and on site execution of the same. Corruption has found its home in the sacred deed of protecting and rehabilitating the children as well who are the future of our country ultimately putting the country’s future at stake. This paper is an attempt to discuss all the on paper provisions and how its execution is failing on ground level and children are being subject to abuse and exploitation instead of protection and rehabilitation in childcare institutions in India.