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Vijay sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM: Here's what TVK promised ahead of Assembly pollsTamil actor Vijay's party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, has taken charge as Tamil Nadu's new government. Vijay is now the Chief Minister. The ...- 138 million child laborers in 2024; world misses target to eliminate child labour by 2025: ILO-UNICEF ReportAccording to the report, released on Wednesday, child labour has almost halved, from 246 million to 138 million since 2000, yet current rat...
- 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...
- Som Distilleries & Breweries' child labour incident casts a cloud over India Inc's supply chainsListed company SDBL in Bhopal rescued 58 children from child labour. Bachpan Bachao Andolan aided in rescue operation. While listed compani...
- Parliamentary panel recommends stricter action to end child labourA parliamentary panel, chaired by BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, has recommended increasing fines up to four times, canceling licenses, and att...
- 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...
- 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...
- Budget: Child rights NGOs demand increased allocation for elimination of child labourExecutive Director Kailash Satyarthi Foundation Jyoti Mathur said the overall percentage share of budget allocation for children in the Uni...
- Eliminate child labour from textiles, increase incomes: Piyush GoyalIn a review meeting with the officials of the ministry, he also expressed confidence that there will be a big growth in this sector, the go...
- 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...
- 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 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...
- Kailash Satyarthi gives clarion call to eliminate child labourNobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi has given a clarion call to leaders and countries towards global elimination of child labour and...
- Child labour Bill to be brought in coming Parliament sessionThe amendment Bill of Child Labour Act, pending since 2012, has proposed to ban employment of children below 14 years of age in any occupat...
- Indian textile cos fail to get US clean chit over labour abuseIndian apparel exporting industry has not been able to convince big brother US about its seriousness in eliminating labour abuse from the s...
- Indian textile industry may again figure on US blacklistThe $10-billion Indian textile industry that directly employs 6 million workforce to make apparel for the world’s best brands is feared to ...
- Textiles ministry plans factory grading to fend off US banFaced with the possibility of the US blacklisting Indian apparels for use of child labour, the textile ministry is working on informal grad...
- Fearing US action, textile companies move to end child labourThe fear of being boycotted by large US stores such as WalMart, JC Penny and GAP has led Indian apparel exporters to formulate a code to el...
- US invests USD 20 mn to eliminate child labour in IndiaThe United States has invested 20 million dollars in India to eliminate child labour from hazardous industries, according to US Consul Gene...
- Punjab to launch campaign to check child labourPunjab Labour Minister Tikshan Sud issued directions to the Labour Department to launch a concerted campaign to eliminate child labour from...
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