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| YEAR 2013 |
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I feel good....
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I feel
angry and sad…
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Increased awareness - Education for 6
to 14 years children is a fundamental right.
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Year 2013 is the third year
anniversary of RTE Act, 2009 yet implementation of RTE Act has reached
nowhere near the promises made.
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Enactment of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. Increased reporting
of violence against children, child Abuse and Molestation cases.
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Increase in cases of crime against
children - Child Rape, Abuse, Torture,
Molestation cases and the way our system handles the same.
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Total ban for Child Labor under 14
years.
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Proposed child labor amendment does
not completely cover all children between 14 – 18 years.
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First yea of implementation of POSCO
Act 2013
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Awareness levels regarding POSCO
Act, 2013 remained very low.
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No Polio case reported in India.
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Children continue to die due to
preventable diseases – T.B. , Malaria, Diarrhea
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Some efforts taken by various state
governments in order to battle malnutrition – (awareness drives, IEC,
schemes)
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Malnutrition related mortality and
morbidity numbers saw no change.
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National Policy of Children (NPC)
2013 where children were mentioned as ‘supremely important asset’
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Mussarfarnagar riots where several children died in relief
camps.
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One of the largest evacuations
Cyclone Phailin - over 80,000 people including children were successfully
evacuated.
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Uttarkhand flash floods – hundreds of
children died, children went homeless. Schools were shut down for months.
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Increased allocation and spread of
ICDS in interior areas, and cabinet approval on Early Childhood Care and
Education (ECCE) Policy 2013
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2013-14 Budget for children – not
an adequate allocation for children.
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Protests, people coming together for
a cause, increased energy in youth to demand accountability from state.
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We are turning into a very
‘violent’ society. All we wish is death penalty!
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Companies Act 2013 – makes certain
section of companies to mandatory spend 2% of their net profits on corporate
social responsibility.
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Supreme court’s regressive step with
respect to Section 377.
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