Women and Child Development Minister, Maneka Gandhi has said that the government is committed to eliminate child labour. The Minister was speaking at the plenary session of the 4th Global Conference on Sustained Eradication of Child Labour at Buenos Aires in Argentina yesterday.<br/><br/> She highlighted her government's efforts to fight child labour through the amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016, and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.<br/><br/>The WCD Minister said, the National Food Security Act, 2013, and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guaranty Act (MNREGA), 2005, are two other critical legislations which provide a safety network to vulnerable communities and play a pivotal role in the prevention of child labour.<br/><br/>She said, they are world's biggest social protection measures ever taken by any nation. The Minister also described NGO Childline, which offers a telephone helpline for missing children, as the world's biggest facility for rescue of children in distressed situation.
News On AIR | November 16, 2017 5:42 AM
Govt committed to eliminate child labour: Maneka Gandhi