Andhra SCPCR to organise meeting on ‘Making Father’s Name Optional’ with stakeholders
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VIJAYAWADA The Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (AP SCPCR) will organise a State-level consultation on ‘Making Father’s Name not Mandatory in Official Documents’, with NGOs and child rights bodies. SCPCR, in association with NGOs, Children of India Foundation and HELP, will conduct the meeting at Hotel Swarna Palace, from 10 a.m.
onwards on Tuesday (November 10, 2026), said Commission Chairman Vetukuri A.V.S. Suryanarayana Raju.
Chairpersons of Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs), Child Welfare Committees (CWCs), Central Administrators of One Stop Centres (OSCs), Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) and Juvenile Police Units of Krishna, NTR, Palnadu, Guntur, Eluru and West Godavari districts, and child rights bodies will attend the day-long meeting, the SCPCR Chairman said. //EOM.1255 hrs.
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