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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Ministry of Women and Child Development

RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 540 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2016 Review of POCSO Act

540. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar 

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state the steps taken by the Ministry since December last year, after it received a petition from over 1.8 lakh citizens, requesting a review of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO), Act, 2013?

Answer MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

No such petition has been received in the Ministry. Hence, no review of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO), Act, 2012 has been done.
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