NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHTS (NCPCR)

April 5, 2022

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has issued summons to a senior official at ICICI Bank as four children stare at the possibility of losing their home over repayment of a loan taken by their parents, both of whom died during the second wave of the pandemic last year.

About:

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is an Indian statutory body established by an Act of Parliament, the Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005.
The Commission works under the aegis of Ministry of Women and Child Development, GoI.
The Commission began operational on 5 March 2007.
The Commission is mandated under section 13 of CPCR Act, 2005 "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 the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child."
As defined by the commission, child includes person up to the age of 18 years.

Source : The Hindu