ILO IMPLEMENTING INTEGRATED AREA SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN FIVE DISRICTS IN THE COUNTRY TO ELIMINATE CHILD LABOUR

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The International Labour Organisation is implementing Integrated Area Specific Projects in five districts in the country through the governments’ National Child Labour Project Societies to eliminate child labour. These districts are Mirzapur and Ferozabad in Uttar Pradesh, Jaipur in Rajasthan and Virudhunagar and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. The ILO is also implementing a State Based Project in Andhra Pradesh. Giving this information in a written reply in the Lok Sabha, the Minister of State for Labour, Shri Ashok Pradhan said that the objective of the ILO programme is to contribute to the elimination of child labour in the selected areas. He said that these projects aim at elimination of child labour in hazardous occupations by preventing and withdrawing as well as through training of the key functionaries, raising awareness, development and implementation of replicable pilot interventions etc. Shri Pradhan said that an amount of US $ 439, 327 has been earmarked for the programme in four districts of Ferozabad and US $ 417, 448 each for Mirzapur, Jaipur, Virudhunagar and Coimbatore. In addition US $ 4,551, 804 have been earmarked for the State-based project in Andhra Pradesh. The Minister said that major government initiative to eliminate child labour is the scheme of National Child Labour Projects (NCLPs) currently under implementation in 100 districts in the country.