'Make in India' could land in a mess unless child labour laws are strengthened

Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi is of the opinion that 'Make in India' could land in a mess unless child labor laws are suitably strengthened. He has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi undermining the fact that 'Make in India' program will prove to be a "big disaster" if child labor laws are not strengthened.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 13 March 2016.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Satyarthi has indicated that when investors arrive from foreign countries to manufacture in India and if the existing laws are weak in child labor in comparison to international standards then it will become a big disaster because the children would be exploited.
Satyarthi has appreciated the 'Make in India' program but has cautioned that it also exposes a serious weakness of the country because such a program cannot be successful on the toil, miseries and abuses of young children in the manufacturing sector.
The 62-year-old is the founder of 'Bachpan Bachao Andolan' and he quoted the example of Apple. This US-based company faced a lot of criticism after allegations that child labor in China was being used to manufacture their products. Satyarthi has also pointed out that child labor is working because the law allows it and the big brands, in their eagerness to make huge profits, will depend on local producers who are free to employ children.
However, the international media and human rights organizations are not going to remain idle spectators. It may be recalled that Satyarthi is a child rights activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 along with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai.


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2014 - The year of Malala Yousafzai and her Nobel Prize

#malala #nobelpeaceprize #taliban Brave heart 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai is the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace prize. She had been shot by the Taliban because she wanted the girls in Pakistan to get educated and not remain suppressed by the draconian laws of the Taliban.
. , has tried to shake the world leaders out of slumber when, in her acceptance speech in Oslo, she gave her unique message – build schools, not tanks.
She is from Pakistan and won this year’s Nobel Prize for Peace along with Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi.
At the ceremony, Thorbjoern Jagl-and, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel committee, at the ceremony in Oslo, the capital of Norway described both the recipients as ‘a young girl and a somewhat older man, one from Pakistan and one from India, one Muslim, the other Hindu; both symbols of what the world needs: more unity and fraternity between the nations.’ It may be recalled that Malala, a schoolgirl from Swat valley in Pakistan became a global icon after she was shot and nearly killed by the Taliban on Oct 9, 2012, for insisting that girls had a right to education. She had a miraculous recovery when she was flown for extensive surgery to Birmingham, England.
After recovery, she continues to stay in London with her family ever since, continuing both her education and activism. Taliban bullets could not rob her of her determination.
During her acceptance speech, she has asked several pertinent questions to the world - why is it that countries which we call `strong’ are so powerful in creating wars but so weak in bringing peace? … Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard? Why is it that making tanks is so easy, but building schools is so difficult?”
These are some questions that world leaders need to ask themselves and put their heads together and solve issues by peaceful methods.
Malala has reiterated that she will continue this fight until I see every child in school, and her wish is to one day become the Prime Minister of Pakistan.