NGOs looks for ?wider? consultations on proposed draft trafficking bill

As Women and Child Development Ministry?s consultative process on its draft Trafficking of Persons Bill concluded on June 30, several NGOs have dubbed the proposed legislation as ?vague and full of loopholes? and sought ?better, wider, deeper consultation? on it.
The National Coalition to Protect Our Children (NCPOC), an umbrella organisation comprising several NGOs working in the field, has while offering its comments on the draft bill emphasised on the need for more discussion. They have slammed the draft bill for being ?vague and full of loopholes?.
The letter written by Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrashekhar, who is also a member of NCPOC, says, ?The bill suffers from several legislative and procedural flaws.? Several other NGOs who have separately written to the Ministry, too, echo the same sentiment.
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