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Isha Chhabra
‘Give Our Employment Back or This Fight Will go on’, Say Protesting NCLP Teachers
23 Jun 2022
Thousands of teachers under NCLP scheme have been rendered jobless after the Centre subsumed the scheme with SSA.
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP: Minor Labourer Falls to Death in Sitapur Sugar Mill
04 Sep 2021
The deceased’s family has filed a police complaint of negligence against the contractor and the site supervisor
Sruti MD
TN this Week: Stalin Govt. Completes 100 Days Amid Protests
21 Aug 2021
Former TN CM Edappadi K. Palaniswami's speech was cut short after he was denied permission as he spoke on the Kodanad issue. AIADMK MLAs staged a walkout and there was no discussion on the budget as…
Rashme Sehgal
NIA to Deal With Trafficking: Activists Cry Foul
10 Aug 2021
A new draft law on trafficking presumes India needs a stricter regulatory framework, though what is required is that the existing laws get implemented.
Sagrika Kissu
J&K Factories See Rampant Child labour, Low Wages, Increased Work Hours
17 Nov 2020
In the aftermath of the lockdown, workers in J&K factories are being forced to put in extra hours of work without extra pay while child labour is spiking in the UT.
Areeb Uddin Ahmed, Taha Bin Tasneem
Aligarh’s Dhaba Culture is Normalising Child Labour: Right to Education and Child Labour laws
24 Jul 2020
The right to education is a fundamental right under Indian Constitution. Yet we know of many underprivileged children forced into child labour by their circumstances, stripped of their childhood and…
Newsclick Report
360 Million South Asian Children Might Be Pushed into Poverty: UNICEF
24 Jun 2020
The statement further added that the increase in economic distress threatens to cause a spike in child marriage, child labour and, institutionalisation of children in childcare homes.
Rashme Sehgal
Plunging Economy Fuels Apparent Child Labour Epidemic
16 Jan 2020
From the spate of cases that recently have come to light it is evident that child labour is not going to disappear soon.
Tarique Anwar
Trafficking, Rescue and Dream of Becoming a Doctor: Story of a Survivor
28 Nov 2019
Former bonded labourer Shamshad Ali*, who is now studying in class XII in a government school in Jaipur, scored 81% marks in his board exams. He strongly pitches for making education free and…
Rahul M.
Citizen’s Gallery IV
22 Sep 2019
"Most people in our village have lost their lands to some company. There is no work there anymore so I come to this railway station to beg. It takes me 3 hours to come here by bus. I am really…