India, April 1 -- The recent private member's resolution introduced by Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty to make Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) for children aged three to six a fundamental right marks a meaningful milestone in India's growing commitment to the early years. It reflects a widening national consensus that learning, wellbeing, and life outcomes are shaped long before formal schooling begins. As this important belief gains momentum, it also opens a timely opportunity to extend equal attention to the first three years of life and to the workforce that nurtures children during this most foundational phase.

India's aspiration to become Viksit Bharat- a developed, equitable, and resilient nation- rests fundamentally on the st...