Online Tracking System for Missing Children!
The Ministry of Women & Child Development has set up web portals ‘Track Child’ and ‘Khoya – Paya’ under it’s 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 children have been reported and 140 cases of missing children have been closed.
The Government has enhanced financial norms under ICPS i.e. 1st April, 2014. Some of the key features of the revised scheme are:
1.Increased child maintenance grant from Rs. 750 to Rs. 2000 per child per month.
2.Increased financial norm for construction and maintenance of a new home for 50 children from Rs 77.61 lakh to Rs. 1.29 crore.
3.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.
4.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.
