Children in Punjab are better off than their counterparts in the rest of the country, while their women are worse off, according to the draft of Punjab Human Development Report, 2001. The report that

A Master Plan on universal child development in on anvil. The plan, which will see participation of 40 counties, will contain details of strategies and actin plans for the overall development of

This tribal area barely 12 kilometers from Mungawali sub-division has no electricity connections even after 55 years of independence, something contrary to Madhya Pradesh state government's claims as

All governments speak about the need for eradication of child labour. But, the irony is that the Industrial Disputes Act says that child labourers could be allowed to work only up to 7 pm in any

A need formulate universal guidelines for survival, protection and development of children was stressed at the two day World Children Summit. The summit was attended by ambassadors and high

About 15000 tribals and Dalits of Madya Pradesh, including a large number of women, passed a resolution saying they will not allow any bid to evict them from their lands and forests.

In a first of its kind programme in the country, International Labour Organisation in association with the Andhra Pradesh state government, is test running a project to abolish child labour in Andhra

The Human Resource Development ministry has selected 50 institutes in the Maharashtra state to implement its scheme of community polytechniques which aims to generate employment opportunities among

The Andhra Pradesh State will formulate a comprehensive policy to eradicate the practice of child labour. This was announced by Labour Minister Babu Mohan while addressing a seminar on "Eradication

The newly constituted second National Commission on the Scheduled Areas and the Scheduled Tribes held its first meeting on Monday to discuss plans and strategies to carry out its task and present