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Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
‘11 times more efforts needed to eliminate child labour by 2025'
Lucknow: Over 64% of child labour is concentrated in agriculture, while the remainder works as domestic help or are engaged in small-scale industries, revealed the recently released report on child labour by the International Labour Organisation and Unicef. This report was presented at an official programme marking the culmination of a weeklong campaign on child labour. The report also underscored that, at the current pace of progress, the global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of eliminating child labour by 2025 cannot be achieved. To meet this goal, efforts need to be made 11 times faster. The findings are significant, considering that the state has pledged to make UP a child labour-free state by 2027. "Our department, together with all other departments and key stakeholders, will make concerted efforts to achieve the target of making UP a child labour-free state by 2027 by effectively implementing the State Action Plan," said Labour and Employment Minister Anil Rajbhar. Labour commissioner, UP, Markandey Shahi, highlighted that the labour department identified and rehabilitated over 11,000 child labourers last year. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Free P2,000 GCash eGift UnionBank Credit Card Apply Now Undo Principal secretary, labour, Dr MK Shanmuga Sundaram, stressed inter-departmental coordination and said: "Child labour is not just a social issue but a global challenge." Programme manager, Unicef, Amit Mehrotra, said: "There is a need for robust, disaggregated data on child labour and adolescent labour, both girls and boys, in hazardous and non-hazardous employment."
Time of India
03-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Govt to promote millet cultivation in 47 dists
Lucknow: The state govt is set to promote cultivation of millets or 'Shri Anna' across 47 districts of Uttar Pradesh. A comprehensive implementation plan has been prepared under the State Action Plan for 2025-26, as part of the National Food Security and Nutrition Mission, a govt spokesperson said. The initiative aims to benefit small and marginal farmers by increasing their income while ensuring the availability of nutrient-rich grains to the people. Traditional and health-enhancing crops such as jowar, bajra, kodo, and sawa are being promoted under this plan. Jowar cultivation will be carried out in 24 districts including Ayodhya, Barabanki, Banda, Chitrakoot, Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Fatehpur, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Sultanpur, Kaushambi, Mahoba, Rae Bareli, Prayagraj, Amethi, Sonbhadra, Sitapur, Hardoi, Mirzapur, Pratapgarh, Unnao, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, and Varanasi. Likewise, bajra cultivation will be done in 38 districts including Agra, Budaun, Aligarh, Firozabad, Sambhal, Hathras, Etah, Mathura, Kasganj, Etawah, Auraiya, Prayagraj, Kanpur Dehat, Mainpuri, Ghazipur, Bareilly, Jalaun, Mirzapur, Bulandshahr, Kaushambi, Pratapgarh, Chitrakoot, Bhadohi, Fatehpur, Varanasi, Farrukhabad, Jaunpur, Chandauli, Banda, Kannauj, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Amroha, Moradabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Rampur, Kanpur Nagar, and Sitapur. Sanwa cultivation will be carried out in 12 districts including Jalaun, Sonbhadra, Chitrakoot, Mirzapur, Jaunpur, Hardoi, Pratapgarh, Farrukhabad, Bhadohi, Varanasi, Chandauli, and Hamirpur. Similarly, Kodo cultivation will be done in 13 districts namely Jalaun, Sonbhadra, Chitrakoot, Mirzapur, Farrukhabad, Chandauli, Bhadohi, Pratapgarh, Jaunpur, Hardoi, Varanasi, Moradabad, and Hamirpur.
