Complete ban on employing kids up to 14 yrs soon

August 28, 2012 18:00

A proposal to put a complete ban on employment of children up to the age of 14 both in hazardous and non-hazardous work by amending an anti-child labour Act was cleared by the government today.

The Union Cabinet, which met here, approved bringing amendment to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, which has also penal provisions for non compliance. As per the existing Act, children below 14 years of age are allowed to work in industries not considered to be hazardous.

Children between 14-18 years will also be defined as "adolescents" in the amended Act, said Labour and Employment Ministry officials.

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