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13 May 2015

Author:
Ketki Angre, NDTV

Government's Historic Amendment to Child Labour Act Will Fuel Exploitation, Say Activists

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"This is a historic decision. We have also made it illegal for adolescents to work in any hazardous industry, which wasn't done earlier," said Bandaru Dattatreya, Union Minister of State for Labour...The amendment is in direct conflict with the Right to Education, argue activists, who believe that this will reverse the gains of years of fighting for the rights of children...Congress leader Ahmed Patel also said in a tweet, "Govt's move to partially legitimise Child Labour is a retrograde step. It violates RTE & defeats our aspiration to be a just society."

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