-The Hindu Anti-trafficking policy exists in India, but where the system is found lacking is in the implementation of the laws July 30 is United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons. It is also a time to reflect on India’s human trafficking crisis. Between April 2020 and June 2021, an estimated 9,000 children have been rescued after being trafficked for labour, according to a child rights non-governmental organisation (NGO). In other...
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No need for a drastic population policy -Subhanil Chowdhury and Saswata Ghosh
-The Hindu Data from Assam and Uttar Pradesh show that fertility rates have been reducing over time Population policy is suddenly in the news in India with Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled States such as Assam and Uttar Pradesh proposing to bring in or bringing in draft legislation aimed at controlling their populations. The Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilisation and Welfare) Bill of 2021 promotes a two-child policy, according to which those people having...
More »Needed: an anti-trafficking law -Kailash Satyarthi
-The Hindu Human trafficking is a crime in itself, but it is also the propeller of several other crimes Sita was 13 years old when she was trafficked. Her parents worked in a tea garden in Assam for meagre wages. She was trafficked to a placement agency in New Delhi, and bought for about ₹20,000 as a domestic worker by a couple. Sita was not paid a single rupee. Instead, she was...
More »Four killed, 35 missing after cloudburst hits Kashmir’s Kishtwar village -Peerzada Ashiq
-The Hindu Flash flood, mudslide and landslips likely in parts of Jammu and Kashmir. SRINAGAR: At least four persons died and around 35 people were missing after a cloudburst hit a village in Kishtwar in the Chenab Valley of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. An official said a major cloudburst hit Kishtwar's Dachhan area. “Four bodies have been recovered so far,” the official said. “Rescue operations are going on. The personnel of the SDRF...
More »Significant job loss due to lockdown, Tourism Minister tells Rajya Sabha
-The Hindu Significant job loss due to lockdown, Tourism Minister tells Rajya Sabha. With the tourism industry among the hardest hit due to the pandemic, it is estimated that about 21.5 million people working in the sector lost their jobs during the nine-month period from April 2020-December 2020, as per the data shared by the government on Tuesday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy said a...
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