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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  Number of child labourers in India has declined: labour minister
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Number of child labourers in India has declined: labour minister

Narendra Singh Tomar says number of working children declined from 1.26 crore as per Census 2001 to 43.53 lakh as per Census 2011

Union labour and employment minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the government is amending the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 to make the provisions of child labour law more stringent. Photo: PTIPremium
Union labour and employment minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the government is amending the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 to make the provisions of child labour law more stringent. Photo: PTI

New Delhi: The central government on Monday said child labourers in the age group of 5-14 has declined in the country. “The total number of working children in the country has declined from 1.26 crore as per Census 2001 to 43.53 lakh as per Census 2011," Union labour and employment minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply.

Tomar said that, considering the magnitude and nature of the problem of child labour, the government is following a multi-pronged strategy to deal with it.

The minister said the strategy comprises statutory and legislative measures, rescue and rehabilitation, providing universal and primary education along with social protection, poverty alleviation and employment generation.

“The objective is to create an environment where families are not compelled to send their children to work," Tomar said.

He said the government is amending the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 to make the provisions of child labour law more stringent.

“The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2012 has already been placed in Parliament," he said.

The bill covers complete prohibition on employment of children below 14 years and linking the age of the prohibition with the age under the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009, prohibition of adolescents (14-18 years) from working in mines, with inflammable substances or explosives and with hazardous processes as defined in the Factories Act 1948, among other things.

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Published: 07 Jul 2014, 05:13 PM IST
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