Mission Vatsalya

About Mission Vatsalya:

• Mission Vatsalya Scheme is a roadmap to achieve development and child protection priorities aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• It lays emphasis on child rights, advocacy and awareness along with strengthening of the juvenile justice care and protection system with the motto to 'leave no child behind'.
• Background:
  • The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 provisions and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 form the basic framework for implementation of the Mission.
• Components under Mission Vatsalya: It include:
  • Improve functioning of statutory bodies;
  • Strengthen service delivery structures;
  • Upscale institutional care/services;
  • Encourage non-institutional community-based care; 
  • emergency outreach services;
  • Training and capacity building.
• The Scheme is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme since 2021-22.
• Nodal Ministry: The Ministry of Women and Child Development. 

About National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD):

• It is an autonomous organisation with its Headquarters in New Delhi.
• It functions under the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
• The objectives of the Institute are:
  • To develop and promote voluntary action in social development.
  • To take a comprehensive view of child development and develop and promote programmes in pursuance of the National Policy for Children.
  • To develop measures for coordination of governmental and voluntary action in social development.
  • To evolve a framework and perspective for organising children's programmes through governmental and voluntary efforts.