Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi feels that Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ programme will prove to be a
“big disaster” if child labour laws are not strengthened.
In
a letter to the Prime Minister, Mr. Satyarthi has said, “If investors
are coming from foreign countries to manufacture in India and if your
laws are so weak in child labour in comparison to international
standards then it will become a big disaster.”
He
says that the ‘Make in India’ programme is a great move, but it also
exposes a serious weakness of the country. “Make in India” cannot be
successful on the toil, miseries and abuses of young children in the
manufacturing sector,” the 62-year-old founder of ‘Bachpan Bachao
Andolan’ told PTI.
“In India, child labour is working
because your law allows it. These big brands will be dependent on local
producers who are free to employ children. But the international media
and human rights organisations are not going to spare us,” said the
child rights activist. — PTI
If your laws are so weak in child labour in comparison to international standards then it will become a big disaster
Source:- The Hindu, 14-Mar-2016
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