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World Day Against Child Labour

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    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Polity & Governance
  • Published
    21st Jun, 2021

Citizens are appealed to report the instances of Child Labour on the PENCIL Portal or by calling on Childline-1098.

Context

The World Day Against Child Labour was observed.

  • Citizens are appealed to report the instances of Child Labour on the PENCIL Portal or by calling on Childline-1098.

About the World Day Against Child Labour

  • The day is observed on 12thJune every year around the world.
  • The International LabourOrganization (ILO) launched it in 2002.
  • It is observed to focus attention on the global extent of child labour.
  • Theme: The theme this year is 'Act Now: End Child Labour'.

A platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour (PENCiL) portal 

  • It is an initiative under the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
  • It is an online platform that aims at engaging the Central Government, State Government, District, civil society and the public.
  • It is launched to eradicate child labour to make society free of child labour.
  • This portal enables the citizens to raise a complaint and report incidents of child labour through effective tracking and monitoring mechanism.

Constitutional provisions to protect Children against labour

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