New Delhi : Union Minister of State for Labour Bandaru Dattatreya said on Monday that the government will reconsider the language of the proposed amendments in the Child Labour Amendment Bill especially in view of the demands made by the various stakeholders at the national consultation here.
“We will hold a meeting internally where we will discuss and look into the language of the proposed amendments of the Child Labour Amendment Bill,” said Dattatreya.
He stressed that the law gets made once and therefore it should be in the best interests to protect the children.
The national consultation convened to discuss the proposed amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 and Juvenile Justice Act have unanimously pointed out lacunae that can severely restrict the ability of child right organisations to rescue and protect children and called the proposed act “regressive” and “counter-productive”.
The consultation saw participation from 14 state commissions and several NGOs. “In India BBA has been responsible for rescuing 3,022 children below 14 years, between January 2010 to December 2014 with the help of government agencies, police and judiciary. None of these children could have been rescued if the present act was to become the law,” said Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi.
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