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, …
New Delhi: No child below the age of 14 years can now be employed under Indian laws. The government today brought about major changes to existing anti- child labour legislations to bring them in consonance with the Right to Education Act that mandates free and compulsory elementary education for all …
SPARC’s flagship report "The State of Pakistan’s Children 2011" encompasses all major sectors of child rights including education, health, child labor, violence against children and juvenile justice to name a few. The report highlights the debilitating state of child rights in the country during 2011 while suggesting recommendations for the …
GUWAHATI, June 12 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today launched Chief Minister’s Vision for Women & Children 2016 highlighting 16 goals, including bringing down of infant and maternal mortality rates, at a function held at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra auditorium here today. Launching the vision document, Gogoi said that it aims …
Bhubaneswar: School and mass education minister Pratap Jena on Tuesday said that special strategies and plan of action were being taken up to implement the Right to Education Campaign-2012 and it was decided to finalise the District Plan for the RTE campaign by June 5. Briefing newsmen here, Jena said …
Berhampur: A probe has been ordered into the allegation that child labourers were being engaged in executing works of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Ganjam district. District Level Monitoring Committee will inquire into the allegation of child labour engaged in the MGNREGS work, district collector Krishan …
For combating the menace of child labour, Punjab Labour and Human Resource Department has approved a 5-year project 'Combating worst form of child labour'; it is being implemented in four districts of the province (Jhang, Layyah, Jehlum and Chakwal). Punjab Labour and Human Resource Secretary Hassan Iqbal disclosed this during …
In the wake of growing urbanisation, children living in cities have been prone to more risks than ever before, according to a UNICEF report. “Urbanisation leaves hundreds of millions of children in cities and towns excluded from vital services,” said the report titled ‘States of the World‘s Children 2012: Children …
women working in mining or stone crushing units often give opium to their infants to keep them quiet while they are working. JAIPUR: A report prepared by a few NGOs on child labour in Rajasthan has claimed that women working in mining or stone crushing units often give opium to …
The Odisha Economic Survey 2011-12 takes note of the efforts of the State Government to bring visible improvements in the state finances, to reduce Debt-GSDP ratio, to create fiscal space for higher plan and capital outlays to propel growth in the economy and to accelerate the pace of development. There …
Labour & human resources department of Punjab has approved a five-year project "Combating Worst form of Child Labour". This project will be implemented in four districts of the province namely Jhang, Layyah, Jehlum and Chakwal and later on will be spread across the province. Director Labour Welfare Punjab and the …
The FAO-ILO Good practice guide for addressing child labour in fisheries and aquaculture: policy and practice aims at improving the understanding of the nature and scope, causes and contributing factors, and consequences of child labour in fisheries and aquaculture by providing information and an analysis of current issues. Their objective …
NEW DELHI: The state government may be trying to project Delhi as a world-class city, but the findings by "India's Child Rights Index", a first-of-its-kind report released on Wednesday, paint a different picture. The city ranks 12 in the country when it comes to ensuring well-being of children - assessed …
Taking cognizance of various news and complaint received on the alarming issue of child labour in coalmines of Meghalaya in general and Jaintia Hills in particular, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights deputed a team to visit Meghalaya from 16 - 19 October 2011. The objective was to …
Taking serious note of the increasing number of child labourers in the Bt Cottonseed farms of North Gujarat, a team from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), led by Dr Yogesh Dube has issued necessary directions to the State government. The team also visited Jaipur, Rajasthan from …
Ranchi, Sept. 13: German corporate giant Merck might soon resuscitate Jharkhand’s mica industry if a proposal aimed at tapping 10,000 metric tonnes of the mineral in Koderma and Giridih gets the green light. The chemical, pharmaceutical and paints behemoth today put forth the demand for mining natural mica from the …
New research shows that child labour has risen in the country in the aftermath of last year`s floods, `Save the Children` says in its latest report on Thursday. Published to mark the first anniversary of 2010 floods, the report says that children were being sent out to work in hazardous …
Child labourers in Sylhet city, including those working in risky jobs, have very limited support services, according to the child rights workers in the region. According to the UNICEF, more than 70,000 child labourers worked in and around the Sylhet city in 2006, of which around 50,000 lived in the …
The Labour and Labour Relations Ministry has identified 51 types of dangerous occupations and the ministry will take action against persons who employ anyone under 18 years in these occupations. The 51 occupations are under 10 categories such as meat, fish and salt production, manufacture or use of pesticides, chemicals …
PESHAWAR, June 14: The government, civil society and political parties should join hands to support the poverty-stricken people so that they could send their children to schools. This was stated by speakers at a seminar on child labour, which was arranged by the provincial directorate of labour in collaboration with …
Children Paid Less Wages, Difference Pocketed By Employers New Delhi: Around Rs 1,20,000 crore is pocketed as profit by employers of child labour annually in India, an amount that is rarely reported as income to the government in order to evade taxes. This is the startling claim of a preliminary …
