Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday said, “To build the future of the nation we have to build the future of children first.”
While releasing the annual report of Chhattisgarh State Child Rights Protection Commission for the year 2012-13 here, the CM said that Chhattisgarh Government was committed to the protection of the interest and rights of children. Chairman of the commission Yashwant Jain presented the report to Chief Minister.
Housing and environment Minister Rajesh Munat and secretary of the commission Pratik Khare were also present on the occasion.
Dr Raman Singh assured the chairman of the commission that all the recommendations the commission had made in the report would seriously be considered in the interest of the children of the State and the departments
concerned would be instructed to take proper action on the recommendations.Raman lauded the efforts of the commission for the protection of the rights of children, especially for helping the destitute children, for stopping their exploitation and for effective implementation of the 2009 Act for free and compulsory child education rights through various programmes of the State Government.
In the report, the commission has recommended for re-survey of the workers establishing child help line in all districts, to make special arrangements to check child trafficking by contacting metro cities like Mumbai and Delhi, to provide special facility to destitute children in schools, to ensure security of children under the Right to Education Act 2009, for establishment of legal cell for children in school education department, formation of Regulatory Board to control fees in private schools, for establishment
of de-addiction centres for children etc.
Chairman told CM that during the year 2012-13 the commission had sent total 23 recommendations to different departments of the State Government.