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State plans to form child rights body
13 Sep 2008, 0512 hrs IST,TNN PUNE: Issues such as female foeticide, malnourishment, education, child labour, begging and awareness about children's rights will soon be tackled by a state child rights organisation.
The Maharashtra government has drawn up a proposal to form the state child rights commission (CRC) on the lines of the women's rights commission, minister for women and child development, Harshavardhan Patil said here on Friday. The proposal will be discussed at the cabinet meeting in Aurangabad on September 17-18. Senior government officer Leena Mehendale would be the member secretary of the CRC, he said. |
