Dr Saikia said that the State Government headed by Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma wants to free Assam Child Marriage by 2026. He also pointed out the need to fight child labour and child abuse physically, emotionally and sexually. Fr Sebastian Kurichiel SDB, the Head of the Don Bosco Society, and Madam Tarali Das, the Additional Member Secretary of Assam State Child Protection Society (ASCPS), spoke about the need to fight these child protection issues jointly by the Government agencies and Civil Society Organizations like Snehalaya, SOS and others. Fr Lukose Cheruvalel SDB, the founder of Snehalaya and its Director, encouraged all to join hands to promote child rights in the family, the neighbourhood, in the schools and at the administrative level of juvenile Justice services.

Dr Saikia felicitated the 60 successful HSLC candidates from Snehalaya-CFG and released Snehalaya's Annual Report. The Children of Jyoti Snehalaya performed a Prayer Dance.

Ms Anamika Sharma explained alternative care systems like adoption and foster care to an audience of about 150 civil society and NGO representatives. Ms Alokita Baruah of Aid Et Action, during her session, pointed out that in Juvenile Justice services, the present trend is to emphasize Family Responsibility as well as the principle which states that institutional care of children in need of care and protection and children in conflict with the law is the last resort. The norm must be family- and community-based care, such as adoption and foster care; institutional care is an exception.

During the Panel Discussion that concluded the meeting, the district-level NGO Network called EKTA Juvenile Justice was relaunched to share best practices and learn from each other. Assam Don Bosco University has agreed to undertake a study of the educational and socio-economic situation and vulnerability levels of children who were socially reintegrated by reunion with their families during the last two or three years.