India: Information from 1993 to the present on the support system and social services available to orphans, particularly in Punjab, including orphanages, foster or adoption centres, health care, education; on the conditions of these services; and on whether the age, ethnic or religious affiliation or social status of the orphan affects the services and/or protection available to him/her
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 December 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | IND22501.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, India: Information from 1993 to the present on the support system and social services available to orphans, particularly in Punjab, including orphanages, foster or adoption centres, health care, education; on the conditions of these services; and on whether the age, ethnic or religious affiliation or social status of the orphan affects the services and/or protection available to him/her, 1 December 1995, IND22501.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac655c.html [accessed 19 May 2023] |
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Although information could not be found on these subjects among the sources consulted by the DIRB, please consult the attachments for information on the general condition of children in India. The Xinhua attachment of 7 May 1993 refers to a welfare scheme launched by the Indian government for that fiscal year that was directed at street children in the 11 most populated cities.
The attachment from The New Encyclopaedia Britannica offers a brief description of Punjab and its education and health and welfare systems.
Please consult Response to Information Request IND21399.E of 1 September 1995, available at Regional Documentation Centres, for general information on the situation of minors in India, particularly in Punjab.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
The Xinhua General Overseas News Service. 7 May 1993. "India Launches Welfare Scheme for Street Children." (NEXIS)
Attachments
Inter Press Service (IPS). 14 November 1995. "Children-India: Low-Down on Priority List." (NEXIS)
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1989. 15th ed. Vol. 21. Chicago, IL: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ltd, pp. 116-18.
United Press International (UPI). 9 June 1995. BC Cycle. "India's Malnutrition World's Worst." (NEXIS)
The Xinhua General Overseas News Service. 7 May 1993. "India Launches Welfare Scheme for Street Children." (NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly. 1995.
DIRB Indexed Media Review [Ottawa]. Weekly. July 1994 to present.
Encyclopedia of India. 1994. "Punjab."
Encyclopedia of the Third World. 1992.
The Europa World Year Book. Yearly. 1995.
HCR database.
On-line search of media sources.
Oral sources.
Note on oral sources:
Oral sources are usually contacted when documentary sources have been exhausted. However, oral sources must agree to be quoted in a publicly available Response to Information Request. If they refuse, the Response will read "no information currently available." Contacting oral sources is also subject to time constraints; for example, there are periods of the year when academics are unavailable.
