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    mpact of COVID-19 on Child Protection in India and Its Budgetary Implications
    (Child Rights and You (CRY) and Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), 2021) Kundu, Protiva
    'Child Protection' refers to prevention of and response to violence, exploitation and abuse of children in all contexts. This includes reaching out to children who are most vulnerable to such threats, such as those living without family care, on the streets, or in situations of conict or natural 1 disasters. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing inequities and 2 vulnerabilities of children. Owing to disruptions in 3 4 education, health-nutrition and protection 5 services over the last one year, the vulnerabilities of children from rural areas and marginalised communities have compounded. The shortcomings in child protection services need to be identied and resolved to address children's vulnerabilities. This can be achieved by enhancing the focus on preventive measures, increasing public provisioning and human resources, and strengthening convergence among various sectors such as education, health, and nutrition which are basic to child rights. In this context, this policy brief attempts to examine some major challenges related to the overall functioning of child protection systems from a policy and budgeting perspective. It also analyses how the vulnerabilities of children were aggravated during the pandemic as reected in rising instances of child marriage, child trafcking, and child labour. The signicance of care and protection of children orphaned and abandoned during the pandemic, par ticularly noninstitutional care is also highlighted alongside a brief discussion of good practices by various state governments in this direction. Based on a situational analysis, the brief offers a set of policy recommendations, some of which can be implemented in the upcoming Union and state budgets. However, the focus of policy planning and budgetary allocations should go far beyond addressing issues arising from the pandemic alone.