BalSahara

Children constitute the most vulnerable section of society and are considered an important asset of our nation. The socioeconomic circumstances of a family often result in disintegration and child destitution. Various homes have been established by the government across the nation to supplement or substitute parental care and supervision, to promote the overall well-being of the disadvantaged children, by providing protection, care, shelter, and rehabilitation to them, by adopting a child-friendly approach. 

It is a web-based software, to automates and monitors the activities of the Govt run Children's homes and Child Care Institutions, like maintaining personal records of the children, effective utilization of the assets and resources available at homes; providing nutritious diet, proper health care, cleanliness & proper clothing, entertainment, education and vocation training for the overall child growth and rehabilitation. The availability of real-time data helps the management in the effective implementation and evaluation of the projects/ programs/schemes developed for the benefit of disadvantaged children. The software also keeps account of the activities of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and Child Welfare Committees (CWC) who play a major role in the rehabilitation of children in need of care and protection and children in conflict with law. The software is based on the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act 2015.

BALSAHARA software was developed in association with the Women Development & Child Welfare Department, Govt of AP & Telangana, UNICEF, High Court (AP & Telangana), under the guidance of Hon’ble Justice Madan B Lokur, Retired Judge, Supreme Court of India. The project is funded by the E-Gov Department, MietY.

Use Cases

The C-DAC team has implemented the software at 35 Girls Homes, 10 Boys Homes, 10 JJBs and 10 CWCs of Telangana state and 46 Girls Homes, 20 Boys Homes, 13 JJBs and 13 CWCs of AP state, with the help of Women Development & Child Welfare department, Govt of AP and Telangana.

Salient Features

The software helps the government in :

• Monitoring the activities of the Children's Homes (Location details, general health of the home, available facilities, effective utilization of the assets and resources available at homes ).

• Monitoring the overall child growth and rehabilitation (Nutritious Diet, Proper health care, Cleanliness & proper clothing, Education, Vocation training, Entertainment).

• The availability of real-time textual & graphical analytical data helps the government in the effective implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the projects/programs/schemes developed for the benefit of vulnerable children.

• Designed and developed the software as per Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act 2015, prescribed by Govt of India.

• Unique Identification Number for child tracking.