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GHAR (GO Home and Re-Unite) Portal

Published: 9th Feb, 2024

Context

As informed by National Commission For Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), a total 5175 children have been registered on the Go Home and Re-Unite (GHAR) Portal for repatriation.

About the Portal

  • NCPCR has developed and launched portal namely GHAR - GO Home and Re-Unite (Portal for Restoration and Repatriation of Child).
  • The GHAR portal has been developed to digitally monitor and track the restoration and repatriation of children as per the protocols under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and Rules thereof.
  • Salient features of the portal:
    • Digital tracking and monitoring of children who are in the Juvenile Justice system and have to be repatriated to another Country/State/District.
    • Digital transfer of cases of children to the concerned Juvenile Justice Board/Child Welfare Committee of the State for speedy repatriation of children.
    • Where there is a requirement of a translator/interpreter/expert, request to be made to the concerned State Government.
    • Child Welfare Committees and District Child Protection Officers can ensure proper restoration and rehabilitation of children by digitally monitoring the progress of the case of the child.
    • A checklist format will be provided in the forms so that the children who are hard to repatriate or children who are not getting their entitled compensation or other monetary benefits can be identified.
    • List of Government implemented schemes are provided, so that at the time of restoration the Child Welfare Committees can link the child with the schemes to strengthen the family and ensure that child remains with his/her family.
  • As informed by NCPCR, a total 5175 children have been registered on the Go Home and Re-Unite (GHAR) Portal for repatriation.

Track Child Portal

  • The “Track Child Portal” enables tracking of the missing and found children in all States/UTs including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, North Eastern States and Jharkhand. 
  • The TrackChild portal is also integrated with the CCTNS or Crime and Criminal Tracking & Network Systems of the Ministry of Home Affairs, which allows interoperability in terms of matching of F.I.Rs of missing children with database of TrackChild to trace and match missing children by the concerned State/UT police
  • One component of TrackChild Portal has “Khoya-Paya” where any citizen can report for any missing or sighted children.
  • Developed by: Ministry of Women and Child Development
  • Stakeholders: Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Railways, State Governments/ UT Administrations, Child Welfare Committees, Juvenile Justice Boards, National Legal Services Authority, etc.

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)

  • NCPCR is a statutory body established in 2007 under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005.
  • The commission's mandate is to ensure that all laws, policies, programs and administrative systems conform to the vision of the rights of the child as enunciated in the Constitution of India as well as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
  • A child is defined as a person falling in the age group of 0 to 18 years.

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