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| Strict action for non compliance with Child Labour Law:Singhal | | |
New Delhi, Oct 13: Delhi Labour Minister Mangat Ram Singhal
today said action would be initiated against anyone found
employing children as labourers, for domestic work or in
factories as per a Central Government law prohibiting
child labour, which came into affect earlier this week.
''Ever since the act banning employment of children came into
effect, the Delhi government has booked 21 employers under the act,
which prescribes a fine of Rs 20,000 and imprisonment of upto one
year for those employing children,''Mr Singhal told reporters here
on the sidelines of a function to release the logo of the Delhi
Child Labour Rehabilitation-cum-Welfare society.
Speaking on the occasion, the Delhi Labour
Secretary-cum-Commissioner S M Mazumdar said the logo was
dedicated to the child welfare board which was engaged in
efforts to abolish child labour in the country.
The Logo is based on a similar statue installed in the
lawns of the Supreme Court. The apex court has granted its
approval for the use of the logo.
On this occasion, the Labour Minister also released
the labour statistics Book 2005, which contains useful
data on the Labour Situation in the National Capital Territory
of Delhi.
The release of the Logo and the Labour statistics book
comes closely after the coming into affect of the Central government
law banning employment of child labour in the
country.
The Law, which came into effect on Tuesday, prohibits
employment of children as domestic workers as also in
tea shops, dhabas, restaurants etc. This is in addition to
the 13 occupations and 57 processes already prohibited under
the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986.
Mr Singhal said the fine amount collected from violators
of the Child Labour law would be utilised for the welfare and
rehabilitation of the children rescued from the factories
employing them.
The Minister said that the state government had set for
itself a goal to make Delhi a child friendly city, pursuant
to the release of the Delhi Human Development Report 2006
which has set "make Delhi a child-friendly city" as a target. |
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