Child labour rescues in Delhi jump 51% in 2025; most trafficked from poor statesDelhi faces a troubling surge in child labour. Rescues increased by 51% compared to last year. Police rescued 202 children between January ...
24 Jul, 2025, 02.42 PM IST
Over 14 ministries to run national plan for 'child labour-free India'To kickstart, the plan suggests that the district magistrates along with the school education department organize a one-month drive in ever...
09 Jul, 2022, 12.29 PM IST
NCPCR to conduct 75 rescue operations during Child Labour WeekThe celebrations will be accompanied by rescue operations being carried out at 75 places in different districts as a part of Azadi ka Amrit...
12 Jun, 2022, 11.50 AM IST
HC seeks Centre, AAP government responses on PIL for back wages to child, bonded labourersIn his plea filed through advocates Kriti Awasthi and Nimisha Menon, the petitioner has sought an expeditious recovery of the back wages du...
16 Dec, 2020, 01.30 PM IST
PENCiL power: Keeping victims of child labour in schools through attendance stipendA portal launched by the labour ministry has become a pivotal tool in rescuing and rehabilitating victims of child labour.
31 Aug, 2019, 11.00 PM IST
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
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 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
Government will reconsider amendments in Child Labour Bill: Bandaru Dattatreya"We will hold a meeting internally where we will discuss and look into the language of the proposed amendments of the Child Labour Amendmen...
23 Nov, 2015, 10.42 PM 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
350 child labourers rescued from Hyderabad over week: PoliceDuring a massive cordon and search operation on January 24, police had rescued 220 children, including 10 girls, belonging to Bihar from Ol...
31 Jan, 2015, 08.46 PM IST
Kailash Satyarthi meets Barack Obama, seeks friendship to end child slaverySatyarthi was accompanied by three children his NGO, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), had rescued from bonded labour, child trafficking and ch...
27 Jan, 2015, 08.26 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
World celebrates Nobel, but Delhi slips on child labourChildren are mostly trafficked from rural Bihar, UP, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Nepal through agents who are members of the...
12 Oct, 2014, 01.16 AM IST
Kailash Satyarthi braved bullets to save kidsAs engineering student in Vidhisha, Kailash Satyarthi once came across a cobbler's son, who was less than 10 years' old, was helping him in...
11 Oct, 2014, 09.55 AM IST
- No fear of child labour laws due to lax in implementation: Court
Laxity in strict implementation of anti-child labour laws has led to a situation where people have no fear of employing children as workers...
09 Oct, 2011, 11.48 AM IST
- Delhi government launches project to provide shelter, education to 30,000 street kids
DCPCR officials said the project would be implemented with the support of civil society organisations like NGOs and various government depa...
14 Jun, 2011, 09.33 PM IST