Despite being signatory to international conventions on children and HIV/AIDS, India is apathetic to the plight of children orphaned by the disease, say campaigners.

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has a mandate to guarantee 100 days of labour in a financial year to those registered under it, under various categories such as natural resource management, drought proofing, water harvesting and conservation, afforestation and tree planting, and horticulture activities.