 statement of objects and reasonsthe need for protecting the child from abuse and exploitation has been felt for a long time the first declaration of the rights of the child was drafted in 1923 and was adopted by the league of nations in 1924, declaring, that mankind ownes to the child the best it has to give 'the year 1979, was observed as the international year of the child when the united nations undertook to draft a treaty binding on all the nations the un general assembly in 1989, unanimously adopted the convention on the rights of the child the soul of the convention is set out in four over-arching articles 1 no discrimination against children 2 in all matters concerning children, the best interests of the child shall be primary 3 the right of the child to life, survival and development 4, the right of the child to express views freely in all matters affecting him or her all this concern of humanity for the child is obviously attributable to acceptance of the fact that the child is most vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, especially in the poorer nations, were child labour especially bonded child labour is rampant children's rights became the matter of concern in all the major un conferences in 1990's india acceded to the un convention on the rights of the child on december 11,1992, and decade 1991-2000 has been observed as the decade of the girl child with the national decade plan of action for the girl child in recognition of the rights of the girl child to protect from exploitation, assault and physical abuse the national policy for children laid down in 1974 itself envisaged that "children shall be protected against neglect, cruelty and exploitation" despite all these policies and programmes and laws like the juvenile justice act, 1986, and the child labour (prohibition and regulation) act, 1986, the child remains the most exploited and abused section of society over 20 million children are enslaved in bonded employment, 380 million children are kept away from school, malnutrition of children continue unabated taking a heavy toll of the infants and as per recent unicef study over one million children are forced into prostitution every year, majority of them in 'asia, countless children are seen engaged in begging on road crossings and other public places, most of them under organised gangs + itis therefore, necessary to lay down by law the basic rights of all children, including the street children, the children of abandoned and neglected children and the bonded children and those engaged in begging and children of sex workers who face the problem  of identity of society and to provide an administrative mechanism for protection and promotion of these rights to provide necessary infrastructure to secure to the street children their rights, as per un convention and to protect them against exploitation and abuse, it is proposed to create a regulatory authority in each territorial division as provided for in clause 6 of the bill, who would be responsible for registering all births and maintain a register for the street children, to provide for ways and means for securing their due rights under the convention 'the bill thus aims at providing for infrastructure, policy and the law to secure and protect the rights of the street children, as per un convention, adopted by the government hence this bill  financial memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides for the setting up of a national commission for the street children by the central government clause 5 provides for creation of funds for financing the schemes made under this act clause 7 provides for certain basic rights of children like education, training, health-care, rehabilitation, etc clause 8 provides for constitution of a street children development fund the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees four crore per annum a non-recurring expenditure of about rupees two crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 9 of the bill empowers the central government to frame rules for carrying out the purpose of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character