The GoaStateCommission forProtectionof Child Rights has directed thedepartmentof civilsuppliesto implement the PHH (Priority Household) scheme of the National Scheme effectively.
The anxiety of the commission is to see that the poor and destitute and weaker sections of the Society, especially children in vulnerable circumstances, whose conditions are aggravated by Covid-19, do not suffer from hunger and starvation. The prevention of the same is one of the prime responsibilities of the government.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) recognises that all children upto 18 years of age are human beings in their own right, and are entitled to inalienable rights, inherent to human dignity including the right to healthy food and adequate Nutrition, the right to non-discrimination, and the right to consider their best interests in all matters that affect them.