Advisor Ganai pitches for strong action against violators of child labour law

Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai today convened a high-level meeting to discuss various activities being undertaken by the Labour & Employment Department on the eve of World Day against Child Labour, observed on 12th June every year.

During the meeting, the Advisor stressed upon taking actionunder law against those violating Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition andRegulation) Act, 1986, besides creating awareness amongst people about childrights and laws.

   

The meeting was attended by Commissioner/ Secretary, Labour& Employment, Saurabh Bhagat, Special Secretary, SWD, Rifat Arif, LabourCommissioner, B. A. Khan, Labour Commisioner, CEO, Building & OtherConstruction Workers Welfare Board, Muzaffar Peer, and other senior officers of the of the Labour &Employment and Social Welfare Departments.

 Saurabh Bhagatinformed the meeting that he participated in the talk-show – Good Morning,J&K through Doordarshan Srinagar today to apprise the general public aboutthe rights, privileges under the Act and penalities against the violators ofChild Labour Act

The Advisor stressed upon all the officers to work in tandemto make the week-long drive successful and a report in this regard should besubmitted by the Commissioner/Secretary, Labour& Employment to the Ministryof Labour, Government of India.

The Advisor also asked Commissioner/Secretary to Government,Labour & Employment Department to write to all the Deputy Commissioners tomonitor the week-long campaign in their respective districts.

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