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Arun Kumar Sinha, principal secretary of the state labour department, issued a circular to district magistrates seeking that they ensure that raids are conducted frequently at worksites to ensure that children are not thrust into labour. A report brought out two years ago by an NGO had shown that 20% of all of India's children in the workforce are in UP, which has the highest number of child workers. Sinha has now instructed all DMs to conduct frequent raids to prevent employers from engaging children. The district magistrates have been instructed to inform the Basic Shiksha Adhikari about cases of child labourers, so they can be admitted to school. The number of child workers in the state has reduced from 19 lakh (2001 census) to 8 lakh (2011 census). However, UP remains the state with the largest number of child workers in the country. "All district magistrates are instructed to conduct frequent raids so as to prevent child labour. Not only should an inquiry be conducted against those who involve kids in the age group of 5-14 years in labour-intensive work, but also the district administration should inform the Basic Shiksha Adhikari so that the children can start school," the government order said, adding that families of children in such work should be identified, so they can be offered economic rehabilitation. "Within six months of the identification of the families of the child labourers, the chief development officers should make arrangements of their economic rehabilitation with the help of Special Task Force (STF)," the GO, dated December 11, said. Sinha said those caught engaging children in dangerous occupations should be fined Rs 20,000. "The names and pictures of the children should be uploaded on the e-tracking website www.uplabour.com so that officials in other districts can help in finding their families," the GO said.
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child labourers, special task force, children, dangerous, state labour department, children, UP, district magistrates
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