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1 Aug 2016

Author:
Sushmi Dey & Himanshi Dhawan, Times News Network

Child labour bill passed, Unicef voices concern

Unicef, along with various other childright activists, has raised concerns about the provision in the Child Labour Amendment Bill, 2016 —passed in Parliament — allowing a child to help out in family enterprises after school hours....The UN agency said the provision will impact children from poorer families and legitimize family work, thus causing further disadvantage to them as there is a lot of outsourced work carried out from home.

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