A group of NGOs and officials of various departments have begun a study on the reasons for engaging children for work in various establishments and manufacturing units and their health conditions in Andhra Pradesh.
National Action and Coordination Group for Ending Violence Against Children, India (NACG-EVAC India), a country-level civil society forum, in association with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Child Rights Advocacy Foundation (CRAF), Labour and other departments have launched State-level consultations on child labour.
“We are holding consultations with the stakeholders, including the Labour, Women Development and Child Welfare (WD&CW), Child Welfare Committees (CWCs), Crime Investigation Department (CID), Police, Education and other departments and NGOs to discuss the prevalence and the reasons for child labour,” said NACG national Chairperson, Sanjay Gupta.
