Child labour is an issue in India which must be tackled soon.
The proposed changes to the child labour law to allow children and adolescents to work for their families would be most retrograde and regressive, say Shinzani Jain and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
The probe panel, constituted by Bihar's National Democratic Alliance government, on Tuesday confirmed that Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh's kin had engaged two child labourers for tilling an agricultural land at Shahpur village in Vaishali district on December 9. The finding dealt a severe blow to Singh's assertion that some TV channels had stage-managed the story.
Indian suppliers to GAP, a European and US apparel retail chain, have informed the Centre that they are not using child labour and their plants have been subjected to vigorous inspections by the overseas buyers. "The biggest suppliers have informed us that GAP officials have seen their plants and applauded their manufacturing practices," Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said at the Fortune Global Forum in New Delhi on Tuesday.
UN General Assembly President Philemon Yang will visit India from February 4 to 8, his first official trip as President of the 79th session. Yang highlighted India's "remarkable transformation" over the past decade, particularly in digital and technological innovation, and plans to see how these advancements have reached the grassroots level during his visit. He also praised India's contributions to peacekeeping, humanitarian efforts, and its voice for the Global South.
The offence came to light on Monday when Metropolitan Magistrate S S Rathi, while going to his chamber, saw a minor boy serving lunch to various judges' chambers.
It pains to think that all over the world, children continue to work, putting at stake their education, their health, their normal development to adulthood, and even their lives.
It pains to think that all over the world, children continue to work, putting at stake their education, their health, their normal development to adulthood, and even their lives.
The Ministry of Labour had recently issued a notification to this effect giving three-month mandatory notice and it has now warned that anyone employing children would be liable to prosecution and other penal action under the Act, it said.
With child labour all set to be banned from Tuesday, social activists fear that the law, though well-meaning, could result in under-age workers getting pushed into hidden and more dangerous jobs.
"The US Labour Department has contributed $20 million to the INDUS project, the largest programme ever supported by the department outside the United States, which aims to ensure child labour elimination from hazardous industries in 21 districts," he said while inaugurating a seminar in Kolkata on Monday. Jardine said the districts selected for the project were spread across Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and NCT Delhi.
Sahim Salim goes out investigating the shocking death of 10-year-old Moin Khan, the latest victim of child labour in the country.
As per labour ministry, a total of 12,666,377 children were working in various sectors including agriculture.
British clothing major Primark has axed its three Indian suppliers for allegedly using child labour to finish clothes sold on the country's high streets, drawing flak from activists who said the move makes the company's ethical claims ring 'hollow.'
Nearly 4,16,000 children below 18 years, almost half of which are even younger than 14 years of age are working in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the report said.
'Our Constitution as well as the Right to Education Act do not make any distinction between Indian or foreigner; it only talks about 'child'.' 'It says that every child has the right to get education.'
Employing a child below 14 years in any kind of occupation will be completely banned and land you in jail with a maximum three years imprisonment or fine up to a maximum of Rs. 50,000 with the Union Cabinet on Tuesday approving the measure.
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It aims at tackling issues such as child labour, mistreatment of workers, and denial of basic wages, among others. There will also be penalties for non-compliance.
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That garden stone, handmade carpet or embroidered T-shirt you just bought was probably made by child labor.
The labour ministry notification banning employing children below 14 years as domestic helps or at eateries, came into force even as the children had little to cheer about in the absence of a comprehensive rehabilitation package.
Ten-year-old Moin Khan paid with his life for a deal struck between his grandfather and his uncle.
Child labour is a dagger through India's soul. The country has the dubious distinction of being home to the largest child labour force in the world, with an estimated 30 per cent of the world's working kids living here.
'The pandemic had a significant impact on child trafficking.' 'With economic hardships, traffickers exploited the situation to target desperate parents and children.'
He spent his last days at the campus of Avani, an organisation he was associated with for three decades. Avani works towards the empowerment of the marginalized children, child labourers, migrant brickyard and sugar cane workers and the women in the labour force.
Pandey, who has worked in TV shows like Pavitra Bandhan and Hamari Bahu Silk, said she had been living in Mumbai for the last seven to eight years and working as an actor.
Banning children from work is fine only if there is a plan to support them.
A graphic on the number of child labourers in the country.
The police said the woman works as a pilot with a private airline while her husband is deployed with the ground staff in another private airline.
Medical seats for under-graduates and post-graduates remaining vacant in the NEET era, together with the Centre 'freezing' the number of medical colleges and seats in (Dravidian) Tamil Nadu and the launch of the PM's 'Vishwakarma Scheme' for the nation's craftsmen, are all seen as a bid to further reverse the state's progressive socio-economic agenda of and its achievements of the past hundred-plus years, argues N Sathiya Moorthy.
'The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill' makes employment of children below 14 years as cognisable offence for employers and provides for penalty for parents.
Nithyananda was booked on the similar charges after police recorded statements of the four children who were rescued from a flat and the ashram, "Yogini Sarvagyapeetham", a police officer said.
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Can YOU put an end to this shame? Can WE together do it? No, for an answer is our collective SHAME!
India in the past rejected similar reports.
A young girl from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, who has been tackling the problem of child labour, has been conferred with the first United Nations Malala Award for spreading education among child labourers. Razia Sultan, 15, will be felicitated as United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education's Youth Courage Award for Education
He expressed his concern over recent reports of sexual abuse of children across the country and said that there was an urgent need to have in place an effective deterrent regime.
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