The Assam government will launch an exclusive literacy programme for child labourers in the age group of 14 to 17 years in the urban areas tentatively from January.

Official sources said the plan has been initiated after a statewide survey in the urban areas four months back by the directorate of non-formal and adult education (under the Assam education department), on the literacy status of ch

The number of child labourers has increased in Tangail as poverty forces their parents to send them to work for earning livelihood.

National Human Rights Commission has taken strong exception to ''faulty investigation'' vis-a-vis violation of child labour laws in mines in Karnataka's Bellary district leading to large-scale acquittals.

At a two-day regional meeting with the southern states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu -- which concluded here today -- the NHRC rejected the state's claim that there is no

Shillong, Sept. 14: The chief labour commissioner of Meghalaya and his team today wrapped up the visit to Jaintia Hills to ascertain the prevalence of minors working in coal mines and will prepare a report to be submitted to the Union government.

According to sources, chief labour commissioner N.K. Prasad, the regional labour commissioner, Calcutta, B.B.

Shillong, Sept.

SHILLONG: Pulled up by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) over the rampant use of child labour in coal mines, the State Government is working on a rehabilitation package for the children.

"We are coordinating with all the relevant departments to work on the beneficial package for children working in the coal mines," Chief Secretary WMS Pariat said.

The NHRC has directed the State Go

The High Court yesterday asked the government to eliminate usury against bonded child labour carried out in the coastal areas victimising fishermen.

Delivering the judgment upon a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) writ petition on children's rights and health hazards, a vacation division bench comprising Justice Imman Ali and Justice Obaidul Hasan made absolute its rule issued six years ago.

KOHIMA, June 13: Over 9000 child labourers throughout 11 district headquarters of Nagaland work in various sectors for about 16 hours a day without proper accommodation, food and education.

LIKE any normal child, Illyas from Varanasi, a 13-year-old, wanted to go to a regular school and become an important man some day. But poverty forced him to start working at an eatery for Rs.200 a day so that he could feed his younger siblings. He, however, continues his studies as well and is in class V.

New Delhi: Child labourers may be declining in sheer numbers yet more children are at work in the Asia-Pacific region than the rest of the world combined.