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 and a major increase in international remittances. The report highlights that international migration remains a driver of human development and economic growth, highlighted …
All governments speak about the need for eradication of child labour. But, the irony is that the Industrial Disputes Act says that child labourers could be allowed to work only up to 7 pm in any industry! Does this not speak about scope given by the government itself for employing …
A need formulate universal guidelines for survival, protection and development of children was stressed at the two day World Children Summit. The summit was attended by ambassadors and high commissioners of various countries who stressed the need for a common platform to address issues concerning child development.
About 15000 tribals and Dalits of Madya Pradesh, including a large number of women, passed a resolution saying they will not allow any bid to evict them from their lands and forests.
In a first of its kind programme in the country, International Labour Organisation in association with the Andhra Pradesh state government, is test running a project to abolish child labour in Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh has the dubious distinction of housing 14.7 percent of 1.35 crore child labour in the …
The Human Resource Development ministry has selected 50 institutes in the Maharashtra state to implement its scheme of community polytechniques which aims to generate employment opportunities among tribals in rural areas by imparting non formal training in various trades to them.
The Andhra Pradesh State will formulate a comprehensive policy to eradicate the practice of child labour. This was announced by Labour Minister Babu Mohan while addressing a seminar on "Eradication of child labour" organised by the Federation of AP Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Association with the International Labour …
In 1907, the Chisso Corporation built a factory for manufacturing petrochemicals and plastics in a small fishing village of Japan situated along the shore of Minamata bay. From 1932 to 1968, the corporation dumped an estimated 27 tonnes of mercury compounds into the bay. The first signs of the effects …
The newly constituted second National Commission on the Scheduled Areas and the Scheduled Tribes held its first meeting on Monday to discuss plans and strategies to carry out its task and present report covering the terms of reference at the earliest. Headed by Dilip Singh Bhuria, the Commission constituted by …
Down To Earth (DTE) broke the story on the endosulfan tragedy in February 2001 (see: Down To Earth, Vol 9 No 19, February 28, 2001). In the next few months all prominent publications actively followed up the story, which led to a major public outcry. Finally, buckling under pressure from …
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 has decided to work for the cause in the worst affected district of Mahabubnagar from August 1.
The pristine Dangs, a tribal area in Gujarat on the western slopes of the Sahyadri ranges, shot into the limelight a few years ago and for all the wrong reasons. The Dangi survives in a world of his own, cut off from science and technology, battling disease and disaster with …
The BETI Foundation will soon begin work on the "Integrated education for promoting sustainable livelihood for adolescent girls" project in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh. The project is funded by the Ford Foundation. It will be carried on for three years in Masauli and Banki blocks and will focus on …
Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL), a national network of more than 5,000 anti-child labour and rights groups, has demanded amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (CLPRA) so that child labour in hotel industry and domestic work in banned with immediate effect.
In a memorandum submitted to the Union Labour Ministry and Department of Women and Child Development on Tuesday, concerned members of civil society have asked for "appropriate' amendments to the Child Labour Act, 1986 which would prohibit child labour in the hotel industry and as domestic labour with immediate effect.
Trucks not bound for Delhi will not be allowed to enter the city from July 27. Following the strong rebuke and showcause notice issued by the Supreme Court, Delhi government and Delhi Police have worked out a plan to ban the entry of interstate goods vehicles not destined for Delhi. …
Peruvian brickmaker Ernesto has perfected a strategy for stacking heavy, dull red bricks in this open-air brickworks outside Lima. But he can't share the tricks of his trade because he is only three years old and can barely talk. "I'm tired," said the small, dark-haired boy. Nevertheless, he and his …
Drinking Water and Sanitation Division Office in Jhapa district claims to have provided clean drinking water to around 400,000 people out of total district population of around 700,000.
At Los Alamos plantation in Ecuador, it would appear that no expense was spared to produce the Bonita brand bananas sold in the United States. The modern hacienda in its steamy corner of Ecuador, one of the most efficient in Latin America, takes up 3,000 acres, and employs 1,300 workers …
The percentage of workers in Haryana has increased from 31 in 1991 to 39.76 in 2001, registering a net gain of 8.76 per cent over the decade, indicating the success of economic policies of the State as well as the Central Government. The growth in Haryana is five times the …
The problem of child labour has assumed dangerous dimensions in the Kashmir valley, owing to militancy in the State since 1990. According to a latest survey conducted in Srinagar and Budgam districts by a local NGO, 'Better World', in collaboration with 'save the children' of the United Kingdom, the estimated …
