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dated May 11, 1956: Priority for child welfare

Prime Minister Nehru said in New Delhi on May 9 that child welfare schemes should be given the first place in the national development plans. "If we do not look after the children today we will be creating many more new problems for ourselves in the future," he said, while inaugurating the first National Conference on Child Welfare organised by the Indian Council for Child Welfare. Among those present on the occasion were the nominees of various Ministries of the Government of India, observers from the UNICEF and WHO and a representative of the International Union of Child Welfare. Mr. Nehru said he felt sorry to see children uncared for. There were many reasons for this, but whatever the reasons, it made him hang his head in shame. "Of course, we cannot change these conditions overnight by any magic, but the important thing is to know what importance we attach to this problem of the welfare of children." All those who had assembled at the conference, he said, wanted to do something for the children's betterment. But doing things in a piecemeal way was not good.

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