Child labour cases decline in Pune

It is heartening to note that Child labour cases in Pune are on the decline. According to the district labour commissioner of Pune, the number of Child labour cases has come down from 74 cases in 2007 to 54 cases in 2008. 
Per the news report, raids were conducted at over 2,200 establishments in the district.

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Children – rescued from factories and taken back?

It is welcoming news that children working as labourers are being rescued from factories in raids conducted by state officials along with NGOs. Rescued children in most cases are handed over to ‘Children Remand Home’ where they are ’supposed to find shelter’. Well, from then on, the news is no longer welcoming if reports are [...]

Beggar mafia thrives on lost children

A year after her now eight-year-old daughter disappeared, Raj Rani saw a rag-clad little girl begging outside a temple in Amritsar in India’s northern state of Punjab. “My neighbour pointed out that the girl resembled Priya. I stopped and stared at her. My heart was pounding as I recognised her,” said Mrs Rani, who had [...]

Slum children stage a protest in Patna against exploitation

Scores of slum children in Patna took to the streets on Sunday protesting against child labour demanding right to education.  Children, under the aegis of ‘Prayas Bharti Trust,’ a voluntary group, raised slogans against those who engage child labour.  “Child labour must be stopped. Every child should be enrolled in schools so that he would become [...]

Task force formed to abolish child labour in Bihar

A task force has been formed by the Bihar government to abolish child labour in the state, a minister said.”The state government has constituted a force named ‘Sramik Chetna Sainik’ to help the child labourers employed in the unorganised sector,” state Minister for Labour Resources Awadesh Narayan Singh told IANS by phone. He said the [...]

Five-year-old boy rescued from house of Assam DIG’s kin

A five-year-old boy, Simon, from Arunachal Pradesh, was rescued from the house of a relative of Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Assam, at AECS Layout near Parappana Agrahara on Wednesday. Simon was rescued by a team comprising members of the Association for Promoting Social Action (APSA), the Labour Department and the police. The malnourished child [...]

Children take to streets in Patna against child labour

Hordes of children took to the streets in Patna protesting against child labour and exploitation. Children from several schools held placards and raised slogans against those who hire children to work in factories, restaurants and hotels.  ”Through this rally, we want to bring it to the notice of the people that exploitation of children is extensive [...]

PCMC survey identifies 481 child labourers

As many as 481 child labourers have been found in Pimpri-Chinchwad in a recent survey conducted by the municipal corporation. The civic body has decided to provide education and other benefits of government schmes to these children. Subhash Machare, worker welfare officer and assistant commissioner, Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) told TOI on Monday: “The survey was conducted [...]

Eleven child labourers rescued in Mumbai

Police with the help of volunteers from a non governmental organisation (NGO) here rescued eleven child labourers working in various shops. Acting on a tip-off, volunteers of Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), an NGO, informed the concerned state authorities and successfully completed the operation.Voluneteers along with police and authorities of the labour department raided many parts [...]

Child labour, liquor addiction a blot on Agra shoe units

Thousands of children still slog it out in tiny shoe-making units despite a ban on employing them in factories in and around a city that remains in international limelight because of the Taj Mahal. What’s more, the industry has come to be plagued by liquor addiction. The bigger units have begun outsourcing so they are not [...]