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Home Ministry launches PENCIL
September 27 , 2017
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- The Home Ministry launched a portal called PENCIL - (Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour) which is developed by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
- The portal creates a robust implementing and monitoring mechanism for enforcement of the legislative provisions of National Child Labour Project. (NCLP).
- National Child Labour Project-NCLP is central sector scheme launched in1988 for rehabilitation of child labour.
- Since the subject of labour is in the concurrent list, the enforcement of the policy depends on respective state governments.
- The PENCIL is an electronic platform that aims at involving governments of Centre, State, District, civil society and the general public in achieving the target of child labour free society.
- The portal has a component of child tracking system and complaint Corner.
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