Haryana Government has constituted State-level and district-level inspection committees to carry out inspections of child care institutions in the State.
As per notification issued by Women and Child Development Department, the Member Secretary of Haryana State Child Protection Society-cum-Director, Women and Child Development Department or an officer nominated by him or her would be the chairperson of the State-level inspection committee, said an official spokesman.
The Member Secretary, Haryana State Child Protection Society-cum-Director, Women and Child Development Department may, in addition to above, constitute more committees headed by Additional Director, Joint Director, Deputy Director, Program Officer (Headquarters) or District Programme Officer of the department with members from the organisations comprising the above committee for inspection purpose as per need from time to time or for specific inspections, said the spokesman.
Similarly, in case of district level inspection committee, Deputy Commissioner or his or her representative would be the chairperson. Members of the Juvenile Justice Board of district concerned, members of the Child Welfare Committee of district concerned, Medical Officer of Health department, District Child Welfare Officer, Haryana State Council for Child Welfare, psychiatrist or psychologist of Health Department would be members of this committee.
The Deputy Commissioner may constitute sub committees for inspections, as per need from time to time or for specific inspections. The chairperson of the sub-committee should be an IAS or HCS officer, said the spokesman.
He added that the chairpersons of both the state level and district level committees may co-opt any other officer or experts for special inspections.
The state level and district level inspection committees would carry out inspections of the child care institutions located in the state. These committees would carry out random inspections of the institutions and interact with the children during visit to the institution to determine their well-being and to get their feedback, the spokesman said.
The committees will inspect every institute once a year. The inspections would be carried out by not less than three members of the committees out of which one should be a woman. These committees would make recommendations for improvement and development of the Institutions in accordance with the provisions of the Act and would submit reports within one week.
While the state level inspection committee would submit report to Secretary of the Department, the district inspection committee would report to the District Child Protection Unit or the State Government, added he.