Centre for Child and the Law Launches the India Child Rights Index

The Centre for Child and the Law (CCL) has launched the India Child rights Index (ICRI).

What is ICRI?

The India Child Rights Index (ICRI) is a tool to understand the comparative status of children in all States and union territories of India in three domains: Nutrition and Health; Education and Protection. The Index is developed based on 60 indicators across these three domains. The index categorises groups of States based on their performance across these indicators, and also ranks them domain wise.

Why ICRI?

Multivariable indices help measure and identify the critical problems by breaking a major issue in a particular down to the micro level markers. Indices have been prepared and used by governments, policy makers and civil society to compare different contexts on the same themes. Developing a comprehensive index on child rights serves the purpose of drawing attention of the policy makers and other stakeholders towards the gravity of the situation and challenges in comparative terms, while reflecting on the root causes and overarching issues. Most importantly, ICRI is useful in identifying sector wise priorities for each of the States and  identifying key data gaps pertaining to child rights.

Methodology

Comparable data for the indicators across three domains was drawn from latest official reports for all the States and Union Territories. Standardized scores were used to rank the States and composite scores were used to categorize them in five groups, from best to worst performers for each of them for each indicator.

The indicators and the metrics taken into consideration under each of them are:

Nutrition and Health of children below five

• Undernutrition and Overnutrition in Children
• Access to health services
• Mortality rate
• Infant Young Child Feeding Practices
• Women’s health

Education

• Adjusted Net Enrolment Ratio
• Trained Teachers by Education Levels
• Pupil-Teacher Ratio
• Facilities across Govt. Schools

Child Protection

• Crimes under IPC
• POCSO
• JJ Act, Child Labour, Trafficking and other crimes
• Early marriages
• Institutions under JJ Act

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