Ministry of Women and Child Development develops integrated unified Mission Vatsalya Portal by integrating TrackChild, Khoya-Paya and GHAR
Unified Mission Vatsalya Portal integrates TrackChild, Khoya-Paya, GHAR and CCTNS to improve tracing and rehabilitation of missing and vulnerable children
- The scheme is implemented by States and Union Territories as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for child protection, rehabilitation, and reintegration.
- The portal now integrates TrackChild, Khoya-Paya, GHAR, and CCTNS-linked data matching for missing children.
- The Ministry has issued Standard Operating Procedures, advisories, and instructions for designated nodal officers at State and district levels.
The Ministry of Women and Child Development has developed a unified Mission Vatsalya Portal by integrating child-protection systems used for missing, found, and vulnerable children. The change matters because child tracing depends on quick data sharing between welfare institutions and police, not on isolated databases.
What existed earlier
Before the integration, the Ministry of Women and Child Development used separate digital tools such as TrackChild for missing and found children and Khoya-Paya for missing and sighted children. The GHAR portal for going-home and reunion support also operated as a separate module.
UPSC may frame Mission Vatsalya Portal as a child-protection governance reform: integration of databases, coordination among States and Union Territories, police, Child Welfare Committees, Juvenile Justice Boards, and the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the challenge of real-time reporting for missing children.
