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Commission Wants Aadhar Cards For Disabled Children

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Commission Wants Aadhar Cards For Disabled Children

by The Daily Eye Team April 20 2017, 2:40 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 42 secs

The Uttarakhand State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR), on Monday, directed the chief secretary to make Aadhar cards for all the mentally challenged, deaf and dumb and handicapped children of the state on a priority basis. SCPR officials said that the move was necessary in order to safeguard children from human trafficking. "There are rising cases of unclaimed orphan mentally/physically challenged children being seen on the streets. They are one of the most susceptible group of people in our society who can be exploited for forced organ donation or into human/body trafficking. Therefore, it is important to have all their details so that they can be handed over to their parents, in case if they fail to give some identity proof when lost," said Yogendera Khanduri chairperson of SCPCR, Uttarakhand.

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Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri is a film buff and an editor. Books commissioned and edited by him have won the National Award for Best Book on Cinema twice and the inaugural MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Images) Award for Best Writing on Cinema. In 2017, he was named Editor of the Year by the apex publishing body, Publishing Next. He has written for the online magazine Film Companion. He is a consultant, writer and editor for the newly launched film website Cinemaazi.com. He is the author of two books: Whims – A Book of Poems (published by Writers Workshop) and Icons from Bollywood (published by Penguin/Puffin).    

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