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  • Raute, an endangered tribe

    The life of the rautes, the only surviving hunter gatherer tribe in the country, has been endangered due to lack of education and awareness in the

  • SACCS campaign against child labour from Aug 1

    In a bid to strengthen the movement against child labour in Andhra Pradesh, an international organisation 'South Asian coalition on child servitude (SACCS) South chapter' along with the Arya Samaj

  • Where child labour breeds

    Cases of child labour exploitation have been reported form the coastal districts of West Bengal, Maharashtra and Orissa, where the children are being engaged in the prawn cultivation, processing and

  • Skip a meal, but do send child to school

    Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu appealed to the parents of child labourers to send their wards to schools even if it would mean hardship to them for the posterity and for creation

  • Cotton fields hell for girls

    Andhra Pradesh employs 2,50,000 girl children in cottonised fields out of the 4,00,000 employed throughout the country. This startling fact was revealed at the consultative meeting organised by the

  • 'Child labour practices continue despite laws'

    Federal and regional governments as well as law makers should send "very strong" signals to builders, contact firms and building material makers so that they do not violate laws that prevent forced

  • Seed growers vow not to employ child labour

    Pledging to discourage all forms of child labour in the agricultural sector, representatives of various seed companies, seed growers and employers of child labour in Hyderabad on Saturday vowed not

  • Government to fine employers exploiting child labour

    Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu warned of stringent action against people found exploiting child labour. "Nobody has right to force children to work. Cases would be booked against

  • Child labour continues in Basara despite warning

    Inspite of the government's warning to the employers there has been no change in the conditions of child labour in the age group of five and 15 years in Basara, the temple of Goddess Saraswati in

  • Weaning kids from work

    Seven years on, the achievement of Class (Child labour abolition support scheme) is clear 33 villages in Vellore district have been declared child labour free. In 2001, it was declared the most

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