The plan is to introduce two new bills along with amendments to two existing labour laws in the next session in February.

"Gandhiji turned truth, non-violence and peace into a mass movement. My appeal is to turn compassion into a mass movement. Let us globalise...

Nobel laureate Satyarthi, who returned to India today, also pitched for the passage of the pending legislation against child labour.

Senior government officials told ET that the bill will go to the Rajya Sabha, after Cabinet's nod, with proposed official amendments.

Expressing optimism over eradication of the scourge of child labour, Satyarthi said that India might have a hundred problems but it is also...