Cabinet likely to discuss amendments to Child Labour rules next week
Updated: May 12, 2015 03:19:52pm
New Delhi, May 12 (KNN) The Union Cabinet is likely to discuss the amendments to the Central legislation governing child labour next week.
The draft amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 would allow children less than 14 years of age to help the family in fields, forest or home-based enterprises, in case it is during holidays or after school hours.
The proposed amendments also seek to bar children between ages of 14 and 18 years, who will be termed as “adolescent” from working in hazardous sectors such as mining and would align labour laws with the Right to Children for Free and Compulsory Education, ensuring that all children between 6 to 14 years attend school.
According to a media report quoting a labour ministry official, the Bill would be tabled in Parliament in its next session.
The original child labour law banned the employment of children below 14 in only 18 hazardous industries but the UPA government in 2012 proposed to extend the ban to all industries. They also introduced a new category of adolescents -- 14 to 18 years -- who were banned from hazardous industries but allowed to work in other sectors.
The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Bill, 2012, introduced in the Rajya Sabha, recommended a complete ban on child labour until they finish elementary education, guaranteed under the Right to Education Act. (KNN Bureau)
The draft amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 would allow children less than 14 years of age to help the family in fields, forest or home-based enterprises, in case it is during holidays or after school hours.
The proposed amendments also seek to bar children between ages of 14 and 18 years, who will be termed as “adolescent” from working in hazardous sectors such as mining and would align labour laws with the Right to Children for Free and Compulsory Education, ensuring that all children between 6 to 14 years attend school.
According to a media report quoting a labour ministry official, the Bill would be tabled in Parliament in its next session.
The original child labour law banned the employment of children below 14 in only 18 hazardous industries but the UPA government in 2012 proposed to extend the ban to all industries. They also introduced a new category of adolescents -- 14 to 18 years -- who were banned from hazardous industries but allowed to work in other sectors.
The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Bill, 2012, introduced in the Rajya Sabha, recommended a complete ban on child labour until they finish elementary education, guaranteed under the Right to Education Act. (KNN Bureau)
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