Economy
Govt approves amendments to POCSO Act
Updated : December 28, 2018 06:21 PM IST
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said children should be protected from sexual offences and the Cabinet has approved amendments to various sections of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
An unfortunate thing was going on in the country - that children were being administered hormones to make them artificially majors, he said.
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