The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) recently examined the situation of children in Naxal-affected parts of Chhattisgarh; in the North Cachar Hills, Chirang and New Bongaigaon districts in Assam; in Ashapara and Naisingpur camps at Kanchanpur in North Tripura district; in Kandahmal, Orissa; and in the Kashmir Valley. The NCPCR “[ ] found a basic gap in every area of civil unrest – the administration and civil society groups did not have enough reliable data on how many children were affected by civil unrest. This was the case of children in IDP camps, children who have migrated to other States with their families, as well as children living in insecure areas, but not.
