Child welfare in India: A Biblography

Children of India, as elsewhere, are like
tender flowers in a garden. Theoretically,
their case, along with the mothers, is the
responsibility of the society. But this
is a stark contradiction between the existing
conditions and the principles of the U.N.
Declaration on the Rights of the Child. This
is the sad reality in India, despite the
many legislative and other measures taken
towards child welfare since about a century.
It will be many years before we can evolve
an effective social security system on the
lines of the welfare states of Europe. But
the thrust of the efforts, both at the state
level and institutional, is in that direction,
the target being no more a mirage.
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Here is a concise bibliography on Child
Welfare in India making a timely appear-
ance on the threshold of the International
Year of the Child proclaimed by the
United Nations for 1979. Since 1979 is
also the 20th anniversary of the Declaration
of the Rights of the Child, the Year of the
child should serve as an opportunity for
Each countr to increase its efforts to
implement these rights, Fitting into this
,
context and fulfilling the need of the day,
this well produced publication covers a
wide spectrum. It is divided into such
heads as Discipline, Education, Handi-
capped,
Health, Juvenile Delinquency,
Labour and Employment, Nutrition, Laws,
Marriage, Child Study and Welfare.
The Bibliography will be of immediate,
practical use to social scientists, researchers
in various fields of social sciences and the
knowledgeable amongst the far-flung field
workers, grappling with the problems of
welfare of the mother and the child.