India, Nov. 13 -- The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is in the final stretch of drafting guidelines for social media and online gaming platforms to improve child safety, holding its "final stakeholder meeting" with companies on Thursday, the commission said in a statement. It is aiming to release the final guidelines in the first half of 2027, according to an official familiar with the development.

HT was the first to report in August, this year that the child rights commission was preparing the framework, which officials had earlier described as a uniform code of conduct for social media platforms to strengthen safeguards for children, using platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, X and Snapchat.

At Thursday'...