Post by: Sinduja Shankar in Government Initiatives
PENCiL Portal The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched Platform has launched the Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour (PENCiL) portal to rehabilitate child labour in the country. The PENCiL portal is an online platform that aims at…
Post by: Sreeram Viswanath in Government Initiatives
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is an Indian Government initiative that caters to children below the age of six and their mothers by providing food, preschool, education, primary healthcare, immunization, health check-up and referral services.…
Post by: Sinduja Shankar in Legal
Child Marriage Prohibition Act The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, was amended in 1978, where the lawful age of marriage of girls was increased from 15 to 18 years and of boys from 18 to 21 years. The Indian Government…
