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Monitoring of Tobacco and Alcohol availability around children and effective implementation of COTPA 2003 and JJ Act is the need of the hour

  "Notice the gaps in the society: when a parent fails to take protective care of their child, then the Big companies intervene to fill the void, so it is not the question of the parent but how industries are making use of the opportunity by filling the void in the society" Mr. Vatsyayan Chairperson, Nada India   was invited as a resource person by the LNJN National Institute of Criminology and Forensics science on 16-March-21 to conduct a session on Substance use among Street Children. He emphasized on monitoring of tobacco and alcohol availability around children and effective implementation of tobacco laws (COTPA 2003 and  Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (hereafter, JJ Act) . The webinar saw various participants from the field of Judiciary  and Railway Protection Force from different states like Punjab ,Rajasthan,UP Uttarakhand, Maharashtra (Mumbai), West Bengal.  More 22 people like them in police and Judiciary fro...

World Drug Day 2016 rally at old Delhi Railway station:

On the eve of INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE ,  NGO Bal Umang Drishya  Sanstha (BUDS), partner NGOs Antakshari Foundation and Nada India foundation   Jointly organized an awareness rally against drug usage at Old Delhi Railway station.These three NGOs have been working on the streets of Tis Hazari ,Mori gate and Old Delhi railway station as the people who live around the railway station are vulnerable and use of drugs is common.BUDS, Antakshri and Nada India are using peer based approach and trying to prevent drug use and Non communicable diseases among family members of the children.The rally was led by Use by Mr.Yawar Director (Operations) BUDS.