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Working Groups for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012)
Child Labour
Dated 6th March 2006
In the context of preparation of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, it has been decided to set up a Working Group on Child Labour. The composition of the Working Group will be as follows:
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Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment Sharam Shakti Bhavan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi- 1100 01. |
Chairman |
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Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (or the nominee), Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110001. |
Member |
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Secretary, Department of Elementary Education (or the nominee), Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110001. |
Member |
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Secretary, Ministry of Rura! Development(or the nominee), Krishi Bhavan, Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi- 1100 01. |
Member |
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Labour Secretary, Government of Gujarat, Block No.5, New Sachivalaya, Gandinagar-382010. |
Member |
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Labour Secretary, Government of Karnataka, M.S. Building, Bangalore-560001. |
Member |
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Labour Secretary, Government of Bihar, Vikas Sadan, Patna-8000015. |
Member |
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Pr. Secretary, Labour, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad-500022. |
Member |
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Labour Secretary, Government of Orissa, Orissa Secretariat, Bhubaneswar-751001. |
Member |
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Pr. Secretary, Labour, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata-700001. |
Member |
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Pr. Secretary, Labour, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Room No.810, Bapu Bhavan, Sachivalaya, Lucknow-2660 01 |
Member |
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Smt. Shantha Sinha, M.V. Foundation, 201 Narayan Apartment, West Marredpally, Sikandrabad-500026, Andhra Pradesh. |
Member |
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Shri Shamshad Khan, Secretary, Centre for Rural Education and Development Action (CREDA), 490, Awas Vikas Colony, Mirzapur- 231001, Uttar Pradesh |
Member |
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Adviser (LEM), Planning Commission, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-1100 01. |
Member |
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Joint Secretary (Child Labour), Ministry of Labour Sharam Shakti Bhavan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi- 1100 01. |
Convener |
2. The Terms of Reference of the Working Group will be as under:
- to review the stock of child labour in the country, region wise.
- to make an assessment of child workers in hazardous occupations.
- to review the existing programmes for rehabilitation of child labour, and achievements made in the Tenth Plan.
- to review the present approach to curb the problem of child labour and to suggest appropriate measures for mitigating the evil of child labour.
- to suggest appropriate measures to deal with the problems in rehabilitating a child worker.
- to suggest modalities for utilizing the activities in other (than labour) development head in central sector, and in the States Sector to curb the evil of child labour.
- to examine the working of relevant Act (s), the manner of their
implementation, in particular, those concerning child labour.
3. The Chairman of the Working Group may include additional term(s) of reference in consultation with Member, Planning Commission; the Chairman of the Steering Committee on Labour and Employment.
4. The Chairman of the Working Group may co-opt any other person as Member of the Working Group.
5. The Working Group will submit its Report by April 30, 2006. The Ministry of Labour will provide Secretariat for the Working Group.
6. The expenditure on TA/DA of official members in connection with the meetings of the Working Group will be borne by the parent Department/Ministry to which the official belongs as per the rules of entitlement applicable to them. The non-official members of the Working Group will be entitled to TA/DA as permissible to Grade I officers of the Government of India under SR190 (a) and this expenditure will be borne by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
7. Smt. Padmaja Mehta, Director (Labour, Employment and Manpower
Division), Room No. 561, Yojana Bhawan, New Delhi (Telephone No.
23096541), will be the Nodal Officer for this Working Group for all further
communications.
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