Great step forward in India
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Great step forward in India
To combat child labour, Press club in Delhi organized press conference
to discuss upon this subject to have best results. India is ratifying two global conventions, that is International Labour Organization (ILO)
minimum age convention, 1973(no 138) and Child Labour Convention, 1999(no 182).
These conventions have been ratified to bring all the world’s
children under the ambit of the legislations. During a conference in Press club in Delhi, it was disclosed that a top UN official stated that this is a Great step
forward in India towards universal ratification which means that almost all the
children in the world will be covered by convention 182.
Bandaru Dattatreya, the labor minister who represents India
in the conference, said the amended child labour central rules completely
prohibited employment of children aged below 14years in any occupation or
process and adolescents aged 14-18 years in any hazardous occupation and
processes.
While discussing about this in press club in Delhi, the
director general guy Ryder said that around the world, there are still 168
million children in child labour, and 85 million among them are into hazardous
work. The rules that are amended
provides a board and specific framework for the prevention, prohibition, recue
and rehabilitation of child and adolescents workers.
The meeting that was held in the press club in Delhi came to
a conclusion that all are striving for to achieve the elimination of child
labour by 2025. In India, press club in India is one among the best known press
clubs.
Press club in Delhi will provide further latest updates,
Visit : pressclubofindia.co.in
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