The Minimum Wages Act was enacted in 1948.
More than 416,000 children under the age of 18, of whom almost 225,000 are younger than 14, are involved in child labour in India's cottonseed production. Most of them are girls.
'The minute I tell couples to use condoms or suggest permanent birth control, they ignore it or just change the topic.'
Children should not be robbed of their childhood and families must make a conscious effort not to employ them as helps -- the passionate appeal was made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur on Saturday, as she released a book on rescued child labourers.
Every young diploma and degree holder in the country will have the right to apprenticeships in the private and government sectors, he said.
A tribal-dominated state, Mizoram has the second highest literacy rate in the country -- after Kerala -- but it has lately become a state where crimes against children have increased.
The state's economic health is in focus as it has consistently breached the fiscal deficit in eight of the last 10 years since Telangana's formation.
Against predictions by most exit polls that the ruling Congress had an edge in the state, the BJP banked heavily on the charisma of the PM.
Maharashtra Police found over 300 migrant workers holed up inside two container trucks meant for carrying essential commodities from Telangana to Rajasthan.
It's a middle path for labour reforms.
Nine years ago, when Ikea, the Swedish furniture company, was being challenged over the use of child labour, its executives decided that instead of distancing themselves from the issue they should engage with it.
Did you know there are laws made as far back as 1836 still in circulation in the Indian legal apparatus?
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TV actress Urvashi Dhanorkar was arrested in Mumbai on Saturday for physically abusing her 10-year-old maid.
Google has donated over $100 million in grants.
The man was caught from near the Aluva bridge on Thursday evening where he was drinking alcohol. The suspect attempted to escape from the police by jumping into the nearby river and swimming away, but was caught with the help of local residents and pulled out of the water.
The states need to identify the children in distress through outreach and surveys and prepare a database with a profile of each child, along with the details of their specific needs and requirements, and ensure that the data is uploaded on the Track Child portal.
Meet Sagar Salunke, who stars in the Oscar-nominated film, Kavi.
The episode will air on January 26, Republic Day.
The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI), supported by The Times Group, invites entries for a contest on the theme 'Child Labour' from AAAI member agencies and all INS accredited advertising agencies.
'We need to take steps towards ease of doing business.'
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The State Department in its report listed more than a dozen significant human rights issues for India. Prominent among them are unlawful and arbitrary killings, including extrajudicial killings perpetrated by police; torture and cases of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by some police and prison officials; arbitrary arrest and detention by government authorities; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; political and prisoners or detainees in certain states.
In a patriarchal Uttar Pradesh village, a young girl is making a difference.
Meenakshi (Sucheta Trivedi in real life) from Baa Bahoo Aur Baby speaks about her various projects and parting ways with producer Ekta Kapoor.
Rescued from slavery at age 7 by Kailash Satyarthi's Bachpan Bachao Andolan, Om Prakash Gurjar is today one of the world's 7 top influential youngsters.
Sarpanch leaders are changing Rajasthan for the girl child, says Rashme Sehgal.
'Shooting with Pankaj was a delightful experience because he was a charming, easy and effortless singer.'
'I can finally tell my father that he need not go fix tiles in other people's homes.'
Bollywood stars celebrated Mother's Day with lovely pictures of their little ones.
From mistreatment, sexual harassment to low wages, domestic workers are in a poor state in India with hardly any legal protections, says Neeta Kolhatkar.
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