With 356 million people in the age group 10-24 year, India has the world’s largest youth population. This mean we’ve the responsibility of handling the world’s largest population of the most tender age group. But the present scenario is a tight slap on our face, as the rate of juvenile criminal cases has shown a steep rise in past one decade, our laws define a juvenile as any child belonging to less than 18 year age group. But question is, is age the only relevant criterion to decide any youth as ‘juvenile’? I would out rightly reject this notion. Juvenility is related the ‘maturity’ and in today’s ‘advanced’ world even a 14 year child is mature enough. So in my view, the recent Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, passed by the Lok Sabha which lowers the juvenile age from 18 to 16 year is totally justified.
Today, hearing and reading about incident like juveniles involved in robbery, rape, murder, cybercrime, drug abuse, terrorism etc. has become a daily chore. Millions of youths are destroying their lives & careers for some transient funs. A study revealed that in last one decade the rate of juveniles involved in heinous crimes has shot up from 1.77 incidents per lakh in 2004 to 2.58 by 2013. There is a 143% spurt in rapes by juveniles. This is an alarming data reflecting the grave crisis among youths of our country. But what are the reasons that these innocent children of our country have lost their paths and indulge in Crimes? Drugs, alcohol, exposure to adult world though internet and TV etc. Are not the sole culprits. These are the secondary reasons and in fact the primary reasons according to my criteriosation are lack of proper guidance increasing competition and academic pressure. Commercialisation of school, the lust for money and power in today’s world etc. Today parents have stopped spending quality time with their children. There is no proper check on the daily routines, their friend circle, values and morals of society are fading away day by day. The society needs to be restructured. The juveniles need to be guided thoroughly. Only then, this brigade of youths would be tomorrow’s assets. - Shreya Shandilya
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