States fail to set up child protection units

NEW DELHI: State governments are yet to constitute child protection units to take up matters related to children in need of care and protection, and juveniles in conflict with law, Government told the Lok Sabha on Friday.
       
"No state government has constituted child protection units so far," Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury said in a written reply to a question.
       
She said her ministry is taking up the matter with the state governments from time to time for effective implementation of the provision of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000.