The Times of India: New Delhi: Wednesday, June 13, 2012.
The Delhi government is yet to build a database on the number of child labourers in the capital. Replying to an RTI application filed by an NGO, the labour department has said it has figures only from the 2001 census and are waiting for the 2011 findings.
"The census department has not yet published the child labour population in Delhi and the data relating to child labour according to the census 2001 is attached," said the response to the RTI filed by Child Rights and You that asked for the data as in March 2011.
Under the proposed action plan, the government is going to carry out a survey to find out the number of child labourers in the capital.
The RTI also highlighted the number of prosecutions and the recovery of the penalty from the offenders. New Delhi and south Delhi had the poorest track record with no recovery of Rs 20,000 as stipulated by the child labour Act, 1986.
Sharing the findings on Tuesday, the NGO also announced the launch of a month-long campaign demanding that all children between 3 and 18 years be covered under the Right to Education Act, 2009.
.JPG)
.JPG)
