Malawi'’s agricultural sector is critical to its economy, employing around 77% of the population and accounting for 23% of gross domestic product (GDP). The majority of workers in agriculture are smallholder farmers, many of whom cultivate less than one hectare of land. Despite its importance, the sector faces significant challenges, …
THE government has directed export promotion councils to conduct social auditing of their members before exporting products to rule out any involvement of child labour. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights' (NCPCR) directive is significant in the light of rejection of several export consignments by buyers due to …
New Delhi, July 16: Concerned over the growing incidence of child labour in the country, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has directed state governments and various export promotion councils to set up self regulatory mechanism to check child labour from supply to export stage. India has …
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has directed state governments and various export promotion councils to set up a self-regulatory mechanism to check child labour from supply to export stage. In a recent meeting between the Union Textile Minister Shankersinh Vaghela and the chief secretaries of the …
Aarti Dhar Audit says 1,210 children slogging as labourers in 8 zones Nearly 50 per cent of the child labour in the country is in to employment due to poverty and debt burden of their families, says a social audit on child labour. Problems such as alcoholism, domestic violence, financial …
M. Gunasekaran Action follows an alert by BBC Exporters in Tirupur shocked TIRUPUR: The sudden action by the British bargain retail chain, Primark, of firing three knitwear exporters of Tirupur for engaging child workers for embroidery and sequin work has come as a shock to the exporting community of the …
Of the 152 developing countries, 57 will not reach the millennium development goal of putting all primary-aged children in school by 2015, the latest global monitoring reports of Education for All (EFA) and International Labour Organization (ILO) has said. Incidentally, June 12 was observed as
The high maternal and infant mortality rate prevalent in Assam is a matter of grave concern. Notwithstanding some positive interventions made at government level, both the indices
The draft National Child Labour Policy, which was circulated for opinions from the stakeholders, will soon be placed before the Council of Advisers for approval, said Labour and Employment Adviser Anwarul Iqbal yesterday. "I believe once approved the policy will contribute to the elimination of child labour both in government …
India has the world's largest number of child labourers even today. The five-hour drive from Coimbatore to Munnar through the picturesque ghats could have been a visual treat but for the brief meeting with Mithailal Tikri at a tea shop, just half an hour into the journey. Ten-year-old Mithai is …
More than 80,000 children in the age group of 9-18 years work in cottonseed farms of Gujarat and most of them are from the tribal areas of Rajasthan. The children are recruited through middlemen and are forced to stay on in farms -- many of which are run by MNCs …
With the United States persistently pursuing India to act against the use of child labour in industry, the government may soon hold a public hearing to collect information on child labour, particularly in export units. The move comes following a recent request by the US department of labour to Indian …
China said Wednesday that it had broken up a child labor ring that provided children from poor, inland areas with work in booming coastal cities, acknowledging that severe labor abuses extended into the heart of its export economy. Authorities in southern China's Guangdong Province, near Hong Kong, said they had …
A member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Justice Y. Bhaskar Rao, has appreciated the Haryana Government's concern to eradicate child labour and its consideration to provide employment opportunities to the families, whose children are engaged as labour. Justice Rao was addressing a workshop on bonded labour and child …
In entire Golaghat district, including Dhansiri, Bokakhat and Golaghat subdivision, thousands of child labourers are busy in the struggle for a livelihood by working in hotels, restaurants, garages, tea gardens and houses belonged to rich people. In 537 small and big tea gardens, 32 motor garages and 622 hotels of …
Exploring the impacts of mining on children in India includes both children working in the mines and children affected by mining, for example, through displacement due to new mining projects or the effect of mining on their health. Samata and HAQ: Centre for Child Rights have initiated this process of …
At a time when they should be going to school, weavers' children are helping their parents to make ends meet. Since able-bodied adults are mostly busy with loom work, and elderly people are unable to perform fine work due to failing eye sight, children are roped in for making new …
The government's zeal in banning child labour does not show up in Budget allocation. With the number of working children around 12 million according to the labour ministry, the allocation for eradicating child labour has remained static at Rs 156 crore
The future of India lies in the health of her children. The latest Human Development Report shows that 47 per cent children are underweight. Over 34 per cent of Indians live on less than Rs 40 a day. The mid-day meal (MDM) scheme is thus a necessity. It is an …
About 5.6 per cent of the country's adults and a large number of children are suffering from diabetes, and the number of diabetic patients is increasing alarmingly with more than 20,000 new patients in a year. According to the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, various causes increase the prevalence of diabetes, …
