NPAC - GS questions based on daily current affairs

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Explanation:

• The National Action Plan for Children, 2016 (NPAC) has been developed by the Ministry of Women & Child Development.
• The NPAC 2016 is based on the principles embedded in the National Policy for Children 2013(NPC 2013) and provides a road-map that links the policy objectives to actionable programmes and strategies as well as indicators for monitoring the progress.

It seeks to ensure the following -


• The Action Plan has four key priority areas - survival, health and nutrition; education and development; protection and participation.
• The NPAC defines objectives, sub-objectives, strategies, action points and indicators for measuring progress under the four key priority areas and also identifies key stakeholders for the implementation of different strategies.
• The plan also puts focus on new and emerging concerns for children such as online child abuse, children affected by natural and man-made disasters and climate change, etc.
• The strategies and action points largely draw upon the existing programmes and schemes of various Ministries/Departments.
• However, for new and emerging issues related to children; it also suggests formulation of new programmes and strategies, as required.
• The plan takes into account the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and provides a roadmap towards achieving them though co-ordination and convergence with different stakeholders.
• The National Policy for Children (2013) provides for formation of a National Co-ordination and Action Group (NCAG) under the Ministry of Women and Child Development to coordinate and implement the plan and monitor the progress with other Ministries concerned as its members.
• The NPAC 2016 takes into account data disaggregated by rural and urban areas for key indicators.
• Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality rates are key outcomes envisaged under Key Priority Area: Survival, Health and Nutrition.