KhoyaPaya: Citizen Centric Portal Missing and Vulnerable Children

Children are the most vulnerable section of our society and are observed as the easy and soft target of criminals and perverts. The worst among the atrocities encountered by children are trafficking, kidnapping and sexual abuse. Despite the law enforcement agencies does their best to safeguard the children from such inhuman acts; the sad reality is that a large number of kids go missing every year. KhoyaPaya is an online portal by the Government of India for reporting and tracing missing children. Envisaged as a people centric and collaborative portal, KhoyaPaya is an online interface for parents of the missing children to lodge and find details. This is a platform to register and provide information regarding a missing or sighted children, without waiting to complete the formal legal procedures. After quick moderation, the information would be made open for public view.