No Child Labor in Kerala

21 May 2013
Thiruvananthapuram

State Labour Minister Shibu Baby John Tuesday said Kerala is almost free of child labour and that his ministry will launch an awareness campaign to educate people about the ills of child labour.Listing other achievements of his ministry, John said: “A new institute has been set up in collaboration with institutes in England and Singapore to provide skill upgradation to people.”

He said one of the biggest achievements of his ministry was that it streamlined the wage structures of nurses in the state.John said another major challenge for his ministry is to ensure that basic welfare measures are provided to the 2.5 million migrant labour work force in the state.

Source– http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/kerala-nearly-free-of-child-labour-minister-113052100529_1.html

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