INTRODUCTION The Republic of India ha s a vintage heritage from the days of the Buddha to the Gandhian Era, of kindness, sharing and caring and viewing the child as the incarnation of divinity and futurity. November 14th of every year is observed in our country as Children's1 Day. The humanist, compassionate emphasis in Article 51A of the Constitution is a reassertion of the duty of every Indian citizen to behold the noble spark in every Child, which is innocent, simple and free from inhibitions and greed to grab. It is true that every 6t h huma n in the world is an Indian and every third Indian is a Child. (Recent statistics surely exceed the UNICEF figure, 1990 of 160 million girl children in our country below the age of 16 . Horror is the girl child's autobiography). Therefore, the paramount commitment to the Child, from the unborn babe to the adolescent citizen, is the first charge on Bharat's resources. The nourishment, material, moral, cultural and spiritual, of every child must be the sublime focus of the State, realising that the glorious asset of a nation is its youth. This is not razzmatazz but radical realisation.1 With India's ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the child just over a year ago, more than 90 per cent of the world's children are now covered by this, the most widely signed and ratified huma n rights convention in world history. In recognition of its obligation in world history. In recognition of its obligations unde r this Convention, as well as the provisions in the Constitution and India's own policy on children,