Core Group on Child Labour

The Government has constituted a Core Group under the Chairmanship of Secretary in the Ministry of Labour & Employment with Members from the Ministries of Human Resource Development, Women & Child Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Rural Development, Social Justice and Empowerment, Panchayati Raj and Home Affairs besides officers of the Ministry of Labour & Employment, with the objective to converge various welfare schemes of the Government so as to empower the parents of the child labour and their economic upliftment. The meetings of the Core Group is held from time to time to asses and explore the extent of convergence especially through MGNREGA, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Swarn Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana, Swarn Jayanti Grameen Rojgar Yojana, etc.

Shri Harish Rawat, Minister of Labour and Employment gave this information in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

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