National Action Plan for Children, 2016

National Action Plan for Children, 2016 (NPAC) was launched at a special function held to celebrate the National Girl Child Day in New Delhi on January 24.

Key Points

The NPAC has been developed by the Ministry of Women & Child Development. 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 ....