World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
People
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74 child labourers rescued in Gulbarga taluks
As many as 74 child labourers were rescued in Aland and Surpur taluks of Gulbarga district of Karnataka and sent to bridge schools. According to Samatha Lok Shikshana Trust Administrator Mallinath
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Bill to ban child labour soon: Sahib
Union labour minister Sahib Singh Verma said the Centre planned to introduce a Bill in Parliament aimed at giving social security to the workers in the unorganised sector. Of the 40 crore workers in
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Andhra bill on child labour
Andhra Pradesh will become the first state in India to have its own Bill to abolish child labour. The draft Bill the Andhra Pradesh Child Labour Abolition and Compulsory Education Bill, 2003 has been
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Plunging columns
The UNDP Human Development Report figures are damaging, but inconsistencies remain. In India, the way a child grows up, or whether she grows up at all, depends on where she's born. Census figures say
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Bhagidari scheme goes global
The Bhagidari scheme, involving citizen government partnership in governance, is truely going international. The initiative, which has earned accolades at various prestigious fora, is now travelling
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Common forum for tribals' rights
"States have misused the recent judgement of the Supreme Court, regarding the eviction of forest encroachers, to exploit tribals and pave the way for multinational companies to set up
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Focus on Tribal welfare
A day long seminar on "Tribal Welfare and Development" will be inaugurated by the Union Minister of State of Tribal Affairs, Faggan Singh Kulaste, in New
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ILO guidelines on women's working conditions soon
Based on a recent Supreme Court order on the condition of women in the workplace, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) will soon come up with specific guidelines on the subject, according to
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Some hope now for street children
Street children and working children living on the premises of the Capital's three major railway stations and subjected to abuse and exploitation by their employers now have a chance to return home.
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Consensus' on tribal panel bill
An uneasy truce was worked out between the Government and the Opposition with both sides deciding that the important constitutional amendment bill to help set up a separate national tribal commission