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Action plan drafted to prevent child labour
Telangana Chief Secretary S P Singh, on Saturday, reviewed the State Action Plan on elimination of Child & Adolescent labour with the senior officials of Labour, Police, Women and Child Development, Education and Finance departments.
​Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Secretary S P Singh, on Saturday, reviewed the State Action Plan on elimination of Child & Adolescent labour with the senior officials of Labour, Police, Women and Child Development, Education and Finance departments.
Principal Secretary ( Labour) Rajat Kumar informed that the amended Child & Adolescent Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 2016 prohibits engagement of children up to the age of 14 years in all occupations, and engagement of adolescents up to 18 years in hazardous occupations and processes.
He said that as per the 2011 census it is estimated that there are 3.29 lakh child and adolescent labour working primarily in mechanic shops, bangle making, hotels, brick kilns, in cotton farming and in ginning industries. The Government of Telangana prepared an action plan to eliminate such labour by 2021. UNICEF agreed to provide technical and budgetary support for the plan.
Commissioner of Labour Ahmad Nadeem made elaborate presentation of the State Action Plan. He also informed that district level societies have recently been registered in all the 31 newly formed districts. The officers of other departments agreed that there is an urgent need to make coordinated efforts to tackle this problem. They gave valuable inputs for finalising the action plan.
The Chief Secretary, while approving the draft Action Plan, directed the Labour department to strengthen the district and mandal level committees, and to involve NGO’s in achieving the targets. He emphasized the need for creating awareness among the parents and employers. He also advised that regular inspections should be undertaken and deterrent action should be taken against habitual offenders.
