Hon’ble Minister Labour & Employment ,Bandaru Dattatreya speaks about India’s ratification of child labour conventions

Bandaru Dattatreya, Minister of Labour & Employment, during the 106th International Labour Conference in Geneva, speaks on India’s historic ratification of fundamental ILO conventions on child labour.

World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends for Women 2017

The World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) – Trends for Women 2017 provides figures and analysis on women in the labour market, including the huge economic benefits that could be made by closing gender gaps.

Labour standards

India ratifies both fundamental ILO Conventions on Child Labour

Historic move confirms India’s “commitment to a child labour free society”. Ratification means that almost all children in the world are covered by Convention No. 182, while coverage of Convention No. 138 jumps from 60 per cent of the world’s children to 80 per cent.
-> 106th Session of the International Labour Conference, June 2017.