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Supreme Court directs Centre to set up special cell to monitor child labour lawThe Supreme Court has instructed the Centre to create a special cell for monitoring child labour law implementation. This special cell is t...- BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitionsBRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th summit, reaffirming their commitment to cooperation, multilateralism and a more...
- SC issues notices to Centre on PIL seeking ban on employment of children in orchestras, spasThe Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre, NCPCR, and NHRC regarding a PIL. The petition seeks a complete ban on employing childre...
- Child labour: States, UTs told to prevent violation of lawThe Ministry of Labour and Employment issued an advisory to strengthen enforcement mechanisms to prevent violations of The Child and Adoles...
- Centre may issue note, reminding states of legal stand on child labourThe Centre may issue an advisory to states to resensitise them about legal provisions banning child labour, following concerns over the pra...
- India has a long way to go to eliminate child labour: Parliamentary panel“The implementation of the policy has to go a long way for achieving the objective of elimination of child labour as per commitments made b...
- Indian textile industry steps up efforts to eradicate child labour employment in the sectorIn the list published on September 30, 2020, the US DoL has included Indian cotton seeds, cotton, thread/yarn besides other commodities bas...
- 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...
- 7,000 employers hiring child labour prosecuted in 2014-16Out of the 6,920 prosecutions, the maximum of 966 were in Punjab. The state also saw a maximum of 731 convictions under the Child and Adole...
- Up to 2-year jail, fine of Rs 50,000 for child labourThe new legislation bars employment of "adolescent" --a person between 14 and 18 years of age-- in hazardous occupations like mines and inf...
- Unemployment rate now 1 per cent, says Bandaru DattatreyaDattatreya said the total workforce in the country as per 2013-14 data was around 47 crore with 39 crore being in the unorganised sector.
- Cabinet approves changes to child labour lawsMaking child labour a cognizable offence, the fine has also been increased to up to Rs 50,000 for the employers.
- Government to amend Child Labour Prohibition Act;new norms may allow below 14 to work in select setupsBill will retain proposal of a complete ban on child labour in any organisation, big or small, as proposed by the previous government, a se...
- Government considering amendment to various labour laws including Child Labour ActGovt said it was actively considering amendments to various labour laws including Child Labour Act, Factories Act & Minimum Wages Act, said...
- Government plans law for complete ban on child labourIt was argued that there should not be any discrimination on working in hazardous or non-hazardous industry in terms of the ban.
- Labour Minister Narendra Singh Tomar seeks changes in Minimum Wages ActLabour ministry seeks bringing all employments under existing act,fix statutory nationwide wage floor;to seek Cabinet's green signal for am...
- We want to put an end to the fear linked to Inspector raj: Narendra Singh TomarTomar said his ministry proposes to raise the overtime limit to 100 hours in a three month period from a maximum of 50 hours in a quarter a...
- Number of child labourers in country has declined: GovernmentThe total number of working children in the country has declined from 1.26 crore as per Census 2001 to 43.53 lakh as per Census 2011.
- Parliament panel recommends amendments in Child Labour Amendment BillA parliamentary panel has recommended amendment in the Child Labour (prohibition and regulation) Amendment Bill, which presently seeks to p...
- Preventing adolescent pregnancy can add to India's economyIndia could add $7.7 bn every year to its economic productivity if its young girls are able to study and work till their 20s.
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