Online Tracking System for Missing Children
The Ministry of Women & Child Development has set up web portals ‘Track Child’ and ‘Khoya - Paya’ under its centrally sponsored Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) to track the missing and found children.
In the Khoya - Paya portal launched recently on 2nd June, 2015, around 1500 cases of missing/sighted children have been reported and 140 cases of missing children have been closed.
During 1st January 2012 to 26th July 2015, 153265 children were missing, 92797 children were found & 62474 children were matched through TrackChild portal .
The Number of cases registered in NCPCR about missing children are 10690 in 2013, 14144 in 2014 & 5131 in 2015 (till June 2015) respectively.
The Government has enhanced financial norms under ICPS w.e.f 1st April, 2014. Some of the key features of the revised scheme are: Increased child maintenance grant from Rs. 750 to Rs. 2000 per child per month, increased financial norm for construction and maintenance of a new home for 50 children from Rs 77.61 lakh to Rs. 1.29 crore, increased financial support for a special unit of 10 children for children with special needs from Rs. 4.22 lakh to Rs 10.48 lakh, flexibility in staffing pattern and enhanced cost of construction from Rs.600 per sq.ft to Rs.1000per sq.ft or as per PWD norms, whichever is lower.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi in reply to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha today.
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