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, …
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the nodal grievance redressal authority for implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, will soon set up a special cell to monitor a child
On 20 November 2009, the global community celebrates the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the unique document that sets international standards for the care, treatment and protection of all individuals below age 18. To celebrate …
Public interest litigation has historically been an innovative judicial procedure for enhancing the social and economic rights of disadvantaged and marginalized groups in India. In recent years, however, a number of criticisms of public interest litigation have emerged, including concerns related to separation of powers, judicial capacity, and inequality. These …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: The European Commission (EC) has called for an open discussion between India and the European Union on how to deal with social and environmental issues, child labour and related matters for the successful conclusion of the ongoing India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations.
For all the money and attention devoted to the child labourers in Nepal, no one has yet worked out, where they are and what it has done. That is to say, plopping the whole lot into a subject called
As many as 30,000 children, who were engaged in various hazardous works, have been imparted training on non-formal education (NFE) and skill development training (SDT) after withdrawing them from their workplaces in the country. They were also given six-month skill development training under a five-year project titled 'Elimination of Child …
West Bengal encourages child labour by fixing wages for juvenile agricultural workers---------- While child labour is banned nationwide, the West Bengal government has not realized it yet. Recently, the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government framed a fixed wage for juvenile agricultural labourers. The joint order by the agriculture and labour departments fixed …
Teena Thacker Every year, tribal children from various districts of Rajasthan migrate to Gujarat to work in the Bt cotton fields. However, this year they have stayed back. Reason: they have illegally been working under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme using the job cards of their parents. …
June 17: Believe it or not, a staggering 2.5 lakh children are school dropouts in the state. In Hyderabad alone, the number has touched 13,000. Of these, 2,800 children are employed as child labours in various hazardous occupations in and around the city. This was established during a survey conducted …
Stressing comprehensive programme on ensuring child rights, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said the government would take effective measures to eliminate child labour in the country. The government would take measures to ensure child rights for brightening their future, he said while addressing a programme at Tejgaon here yesterday. The …
J. Balaji NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has warned the District Election Officers and the Returning Officers that they would be personally held responsible if there was any report of employment of child labourers for poll-related works. Taking cognisance of a photograph published by The Hindu on Thursday wherein children …
Hasiru Usiru and Environment Support Group, NGOs protesting against the BMRCL for construction of the Lalbagh station and tree felling at Lakshman Rao boulevard, has now alleged that bonded child labour is prevalent in the construction of Namma Metro. In a release issued here on Tuesday, Leo F Saldanha said …
CUDDALORE: Child labour is quite rampant in the fishing trade in Cuddalore. Children in the age group of 10 to 15 are seen involved in the trade in large numbers in the Cuddalore Port area. They wait at the fish landing yard from early morning for the mechanised boats to …
