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West Bengal: CM Suvendu Adhikari keeps home, Swapan Dasgupta gets finance, Tapas Roy industryVeteran journalist turned politician Swapan Dasgupta was allotted finance while senior-most party leader Tapas Roy, with his long legislati...
Children should not fall into the trap of child labour post covid-19 outbreak: ILOLaying out a six-point roadmap for India to address the problem, Dagmar Walter, director, ILO said India needs to target poverty alleviatio...
IT platform to monitor child labour rehabilitation projectThe platform, named Pencil, will help in monitoring the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) which is for rehabilitation of child and adole...
India ratifies two child labour conventionsWith ratification of these two core ILO conventions, India has ratified six out of eight core ILO conventions, with the other four core Int...
India set to ratify global conventions to combat child labourThe government of India had in March this year approved ratification of two fundamental conventions of the ILO to address concerns related ...
India to ratify 2 International Labour Organization conventions on child labourAccording to the 2001 census, there were 12.6 million child workers between the ages of 5 and 14 in India. In 2011, this number fell to 4.3...
Cabinet nod to anti-child labour ILO conventions historic: SatyarthiThe Cabinet approved ratification of ILO convention 138--Minimum Age Convention and Convention 182--Worst Form of Child Labour Convention.
India can ratify ILO conventions with new child labour laws: Bandaru DattatreyaThe government, among other issues, is in the process of increasing maternity leave to 26 weeks from existing 14 week under the Maternity B...
India should ratify Child Labour Convention soon: ILONishimoto said these are very important conventions that allows government or countries to have enough space for good social dialogue.
US praises Kailash Satyarthi for relentless work for children rightsThe United States praised Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi for "relentlessly working" for children's rights and keeping them in s...
Law against child labour to be more strict: Bandaru DattatreyaDattatreya said the existing laws against employing children between 14 and 18 years of age in hazardous works would also be made more stri...
India should not drag feet on child labour: Kailash SatyarthiIndia should not sit in the club of three or four countries that have not signed the convention on the worst forms of child labour.
Cabinet approves ILO protocol to deal with forced labourThe government today approved an International Labour Organisation (ILO) protocol to make a national policy for remedial measures to deal w...
Child Labour Bill must be passed in budget session: Nobel laureate Kailash SatyarthiSatyarthi demanded govt to ensure a complete ban on child labour, saying that the Child Labour Bill should passed during the second half of...
Robust means needed to act against child labour: Amnesty International"India has strong legal instruments, but it is essential to have robust means to implement the act," said Amnesty International Secretary G...
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi appeals to 'save childhood' on Children's Day eve"Child trafficking is worst form of human rights violation. It makes me cry when children are taken away & sold cheaper than cattle," said ...
NCPCR seeks increase in child labour age limit to 18National Commission for Protection of Child rights (NCPCR) today laid down a set of recommendations to extend social protection to child la...
- India opposes linking trade with core labour standards
India opposed linking trade with core labour standards stressing the problem should be tackled through an "open and constructive approach".
- ILO calls for secured working atmosphere for women
ILO today expressed concern over recent cases of crime against women and stressed on the need to ensure a safe climate for women.
- Govt considering changes in labour laws
Union Labour Minister Sharad Yadav on Wednesday said proposals to amend the existing labour laws were under consideration and asserted that...