ONLINE TRACKING PORTAL ‘BAL SWARAJ ‘ LAUNCHED

Subject : Governance

Context :Recently, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched the Online Tracking Portal “Bal Swaraj (Covid-Care).

Concept :

About BalSwaraj Portal

It is devised by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) under section 109 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015.
It has been created with a purpose for online tracking and digital real time monitoring mechanism of children who are in need of care and protection.
The Commission has extended the use of this portal for tracking children who have lost parents or either of the parents during COVID-19.
It has provided a link under the name of “COVID-Care” for uploading of data of such children by the concerned officer/department on the portal.
The Supreme Court has directed all district officers across the States/UTs to fill data on the Commission’s portal on BalSwaraj portal under the COVID-Care link.

About NCPCR:

Set up in March 2007 under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005.
It works under the administrative control of the Ministry of Women & Child Development.
The Child is defined as a person in the 0 to 18 years age group.
The Commission’s Mandate is to ensure that all Laws, Policies, Programmes, and Administrative Mechanisms are in consonance with the Child Rights perspective as enshrined in the Constitution of India and also the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.