He has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ministry of Labour and Employment for the "historic reform".
The Cabinet last week approved ratification of ILO convention 138--Minimum Age Convention which concerns minimum age for admission to employment--and Convention 182--Worst Form of Child Labour Convention which concerns prohibition and immediate action for elimination of the worst form of child labour.
"India's decision for ratification of Convention 182 and Convention 138 was long overdue in providing justice to our children. After the total prohibition of child labour, this is yet another important step in protecting all our children from exploitation and abuse.
India is a founder member of the International Labour Organization (ILO) which came into existence in 1919. At present, the ILO has 187 members.
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The principal means of action in the ILO is the setting up of international standards in the form of conventions, recommendations and protocol.
India has so far ratified 45 conventions, out of which 42 are in force.
Out of these four are fundamental or core conventions.
Satyarthi has been a long time advocate for ratification of these ILO conventions and had been raising awareness on the issue through his campaign 'Global March Against Child Labour' which began in 1998.
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