Kalam's tips on fighting child labour

FIGHTING EVIL: Kalam said rehabilitation should be made part of the programme to eliminate child labour.

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Keywords: apj abdul kalam, child labour

New Delhi: President A P J Abdul Kalam on Wednesday asked the Union Labour Ministry to fix periodical targets to reduce the number of working children in the country.

Concerned over the increase in their number of working children in the last decade, Kalam told Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes that rehabilitation should be made part of the programme to eliminate child labour.

The President handed over a stamp album on child labour to Fernandes at a function at Rashtrapathi Bhavan.

The four stamps on the theme "Stop Child Labour" were released a few days ago for creating public opinion against employing children for work.

Fernandes told Kalam that his ministry was taking pro-active steps to eliminate child labour from the country.