Karnataka’s performance in realising child rights and well-being is moderate and the State ranks 10th among 30 States, according to the Child Rights Index in Karnataka-2023.
The study by S. Madheswaran and B.P. Vani of Institute for Social and Economic Change in collaboration with Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) was released on Thursday, November 20. The index is calculated considering six dimensions: Right to Life, Right to an Enabling Environment to Live, Right to Nutrition, Right to Protection, Right to Education, and Right to Participation.
While there was not much variation among districts in terms of the ‘Right to Life Index’, there was higher variation across districts in terms of indicators such as the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Under-5 Mortality and Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR).
“Most districts in the Mysuru division and a small number of districts in the Bengaluru division have realised children’s rights with regard to the Right to Live dimension,” said the report.
There was little difference across districts in the institutional delivery and immunisation indicators.
