Action
Increasing the incomes of parents by converging various development schemes is a pragmatic step. Efforts are afoot to establish proper coordination in the implementation of different programmes being run by various government departments. Presently, in more than 4,000 schools over 2 lakh children are being rehabilitated under 100 projects.
A number of innovative schemes have been initiated across the country for the uplift of children. Under the grants-in-schemes, voluntary agencies are being financially assisted to the extent of 75 per cent of the project cost for taking up welfare projects for working children.
The Government is determined to eliminate all forms of child labour by 2020. Indeed, poverty eradication combined with educational reforms to provide free or affordable access to quality education with an interesting, innovative and job-oriented curriculum for all can effectively eliminate child labour once and for all.