Female MPs, who have small infants and require time to attend to them, may get a creche in Parliament.
The Women and Child Development Ministry has already got the necessary permission from the Speaker, but the security reasons are a cause of delay.
"I have several times sacrificed my turn to speak up in the Parliament session because my child needed me at that time. Therefore, I am aware that there are many females who do the same when the session is on. If there would be a place in the parliament then they can pay attention to both," Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Chowdhary told media persons at the annual meet of social editors in New Delhi on Wednesday.
"We have got the permission from the Speaker but the three layers of security checks are a cause of delay. So we are waiting for a clearance from the security and then we will have a creche in Parliament," said Chowdhary.
"Frequent media interaction is required to focus on the right issues that will contribute to sensitise people about their part to create a better environment for women," she said.
Speaking on the issue of adoption, the minister said, "There is an urgent need to popularise the adoption. The Ministry has relaxed the laws for it. Amendments in juvenile justice act give an opportunity to adopt a child to a person of any caste and to single mothers."
"The only thing that is widely known about adoption is that rules are difficult and it is a cumbersome process. We have worked it out to popularise adoption. Every child needs a home and if the ministry can do that by propagating the message then scenario would be better and different," Chowdhry said.
The ministry is also revamping and introducing Integrated Child Development Schemes on mission mode.
"ICDS should be on mission mode because that would give us the power to get back to the states and put things in order. Mission mode meaning a time frame, which will help us constantly to be aware of the happenings at every level," she said.
In addition to ICDS, government has also launched Integrated Child Protection Scheme, which will see the matter of setting up of Child Rights Commission at the state level for proper enforcement of children's right and effective implementation of laws and programmes relating to children.
