The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions has condemned the "flagrant violation" of workers trade union rights, including violence against trade union activists in India. The report also

A "Shiksha Darpan" survey conducted recently by the Rajasthan government has revealed that there are 9.48 lakh children in rural areas and 1.17 lakh in urban areas, who are still deprived of basic

Among the social failures for which the country has been unable to find a meaningful solution, child labour is one of the worst. Linked with this failure are several other social weaknesses that have

In what seems to be another major step in terms of elimination of child labour, the employees of Hyderabad city based 'Rendezvous on chip (I) Pvt. ltd. (ROC)', a private firm dealing with manufacture

The Jharkand Government has decided to bear the expenses for commercial pilot training of atleast 25 eligible tribal youths. Stating this, the State Welfare minister, Arjun Munda said the Welfare

The launching of program for the elimination of child labour in Pakistan has been delayed. The program was planned to be launched on the first International Day against Child Labour on June 12 but

Though developmental works have been taken up under the 'Food for Work' programme on a massive scale all over Andhra Pradesh, its benefits are eluding those living in tribal areas. The tribal welfare

The World Bank has invited 23 countries to join the Education For All Fast Track aimed at helping developing countries meet the Millennium Development Goal of providing every child with primary

The Union Minister of State for Labour, Muni Lall, said today that India proposed to raise allocation for eradication of child labour during the current plan to $ 100 million as against $ 50 million

The state government would set up a commission to check the 'growing menace' of child labour in Jharkhand. The Child Labour Commission would be set up within a month, ,the minister for labour and