Child Pornography  

The POCSO Amendment Bill that was already approved by the Rajya Sabha, defines child pornography and also makes it a punishable offense. Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani said this Bill aims at making offences against children gender neutral
 

POCSO Act has been amended to strengthen the law. It now includes death penalty for sexual assault on children.

The Indian government took the decision after Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar wrote a letter to law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad expressing concern regarding the threats posed by the growing digital sexual abuse of children online

On December 11, the Supreme Court directed the government to not only frame necessary guidelines to remove child pornography, rape and gang rape content from technology platforms, but also implement them within two weeks