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The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights ran a special 'Pan-India Rescue and Rehabilitation' Campaign from 12 June 2026 to 31 August 2026.
Over 3,800 children were rescued from child labour and over 575 FIRs were registered during the campaign.
NCPCR worked with State and UT administrations, District Magistrates, Labour Departments and the police, targeting child labour and trafficking hotspots.
States were asked to report data on rescues, FIRs, rehabilitation, restoration, educational mainstreaming and compensation.
NCPCR is a statutory body under Section 3 of the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005, functioning under the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Statutory body that monitors implementation of child rights laws, inquires into violations and recommends action; it coordinated this campaign with the States.
State-level counterparts created under the same Act, exercising equivalent powers within a State.
Parent ministry of NCPCR; also implements Mission Vatsalya, the centrally sponsored child protection scheme.
A Fundamental Right prohibiting employment of children below 14 years in any factory, mine or other hazardous employment.
Creates NCPCR under Section 3 and the State Commissions; a child here means a person up to 18 years of age. The Act also gives NCPCR a role in monitoring the Right to Education.
As amended in 2016, in force from 1 September 2016, it completely prohibits employment of children below 14 years and bars adolescents aged 14-18 from hazardous occupations and processes. The 2016 amendment added 'Adolescent' to the Act's name.
Governs the care and rehabilitation machinery - Child Welfare Committees and Child Care Institutions - into which rescued children are placed.
Provide an online mechanism for enforcing the Child and Adolescent Labour Act and for implementing the National Child Labour Project.
Key: Launched on 26 September 2017 by the Ministry of Labour and Employment; complaints filed on it are routed to district nodal officers for action.
Deliver child protection services - care, rehabilitation and family-based non-institutional care.
Key: Centrally sponsored scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, continuing the earlier Child Protection Services scheme, itself descended from the Integrated Child Protection Scheme running since 2009-10.
Rehabilitate rescued child labourers through bridge education before mainstreaming them into formal schooling.
Key: Run by the Ministry of Labour and Employment and linked to enforcement through the PENCIL portal.
GS Paper 2 > Governance > Statutory Bodies; Social Justice > Welfare of Children
General Awareness > Indian Polity > Fundamental Rights and Statutory Bodies
Which Article of the Indian Constitution prohibits "Employment of children in factories"?
Answer: Article 24
"National Girl Child Day" is celebrated in India on:
Answer: 24 January
Consider the following pairs: I. Separation of Judiciary... : DPSP II. Composite culture... : Fundamental Duties III. Prohibition of employment of children... : Fundamental Rights How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
Answer: All the three
A body created by an Act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution or an executive resolution; NCPCR is created by the CPCR Act, 2005.
A person aged 14 to 18 years; the 2016 amendment bars adolescents from hazardous occupations and processes.
Placing a rescued child back into formal schooling, usually after bridge education, so that rescue is followed by rehabilitation.