Govt committed to eliminate child labour: Maneka Gandhi

She highlighted her government's efforts to fight child labour through the amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016, as well as the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

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• New Delhi | November 15, 2017 10:06 PM IST
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Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday underlined the government’s commitment to eliminate child labour at the plenary session of a global conference at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

She highlighted her government’s efforts to fight child labour through the amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016, as well as the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

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Gandhi said that 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,” according to a statement.

At the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour, the WCD 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.

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