The Uttarakhand Government on Friday decided to constitute a special task force to put an end to child labour.
Units of this task force, to be headed by district magistrates, will identify children working as labourers in fields, mining areas, brick kilns or those begging or picking rags in the streets and help them join the mainstream by arranging for their education.
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Alok Kumar Jain who asked officials to conduct a survey in consultation with the labour department to identify children who don’t go to school.