Over 70,000 missing children rescued under MHA drive: Rajnath SinghAddressing a seminar on child and adolescent labour here, the home minister also said the country would try to get rid of child labour by 2...
26 Sep, 2017, 04.22 PM IST
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...
18 Jun, 2017, 01.15 PM IST
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...
27 Mar, 2017, 01.44 PM IST
Nitish Kumar announces Rs 25,000 for every rescued child labourThe main reasons behind the child labour are illiteracy and poverty, he said and emphasised the need for such Child Labour Tracking System ...
12 Jun, 2016, 05.02 PM IST
Child trafficking trials should be wrapped up in 30 days: Kailash SatyarthiThe Nobel laureate added, "The victim must also be rehabilitated and monetary compensation should reach him or her within 30 days."
27 May, 2016, 04.12 PM IST
Labour ministry proposes a 15-fold increase in rehabilitation cost of bonded labourersThe rehabilitation cost per labour under the scheme is equally borne between the Centre and state. It was last revised in 1999.
18 May, 2016, 01.59 AM IST
Child labourers: NHRC issues notice to six statesNHRC has issued notices to Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.
01 Apr, 2016, 03.56 PM IST
Number of child labour declined between 2001 and 2011: GovernmentThe number of child labourers in the country has gone down from 1.26 crore in 2001 to 43.53 lakh in 2011, Lok Sabha was informed today.
14 Mar, 2016, 03.23 PM IST
35,000 child labourers rehabilitated till September in FY16In 2013-14 64,050 children were rescued and rehabilitated under the scheme while the number of such children were 72,976 in 2012-13.
30 Nov, 2015, 03.18 PM IST
Government may propose 15-fold increase in rehabilitation cost of bonded labourersThe labour ministry may soon propose a 15-fold increase in the rehabilitation cost of bonded labourers to up to Rs 3,00,000.
18 Aug, 2015, 10.54 AM IST
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...
25 Jun, 2015, 10.02 PM IST
Expert concerned about amendments to Child Labour Act, 1986The latest amendment in the 1986 Child Labour Act allows children above 14 years to work in non-hazardous industries run by family.
29 May, 2015, 12.11 PM IST
Over 3 lakh bonded labourers released till March 31: GovernmentThe maximum number of bonded labourers were identified and released in Tamil Nadu (65,573) followed by Karnataka (64,600), Maharashtra (50,...
20 Apr, 2015, 03.42 PM IST
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...
10 Apr, 2015, 04.19 PM IST
Final law for complete ban child labour soonSenior government officials told ET that the bill will go to the Rajya Sabha, after Cabinet's nod, with proposed official amendments.
10 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
'Rehabilitation of child labour scheme approved for 270 districts'According to figures, the scheme is approved in 47 districts in UP and 27 districts of Rajasthan making it the highest among other states.
14 Jul, 2014, 05.47 PM IST
- Bimaru states account for half of child labour
The hindi-belt including Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, commonly known as ‘BIMARU’ states, account for a chunk of the ...
24 Oct, 2006, 12.27 AM IST