Corporates, employers form consortium against child labour

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, AUG. 13. Twentyfive business associations and three State-level federations of employers in Andhra Pradesh have decided to form themselves into a consortium to work jointly for the elimination of child labour in the State.

Two draft Plans of Action have been developed, one to be implemented by the corporates and the other jointly by the Federations and Associations, within less than two years.

This was announced by Mr. M. P. Joseph, Project Manager of the International Labour Organisation's A. P. Project for Elimination of Child Labour at the conclusion of a workshop for employers organised jointly by the ILO, CII, FAPCCI and the Employers' Federation of Southern India (EFSI). A round table for corporate houses held as part of the workshop was attended by representatives of Satyam, Infotech, Pennar, Apollo Hospitals, Dr. Reddy's Lab, VST, ITW Signode and others.

Two separate working groups, one for the Corporates and the other jointly for Associations and Federations was constituted to further expand on the action plan and to implement it. The following members were nominated from the Corporates: Mr. R. C. Mall, A. P. Paper Mills Limited, Brig. K. Hari Kumar, Signal Tree Solutions, Mr. Guruswamy, NMDC, Mr. Ramadhar Reddy, VST Company, Mr. Prabhakar Raju, Parke-Davis, Ms. Sangeetha Reddy, Apollo Hospitals, Mr. Ashok Reddy, Infotech and Ms. Geetha, Global Trust Bank. Mr. William Thompson, State Representative of UNICEF, will participate in the working group.

The joint working group of the Federations and Associations consists of Mr. K. Ramakrishna Rao, EFSI, Mr. O. F. Reddy, FAPCCI, Mr. G. Dhanamjaya, APFCCT, Mr. A. Narasimha Rao, A. P. Builders Association, Mr. K. V. R. Murthy, Federation of A.P. Small Industries Association, Mr. Ram Mohan Rao, Secretary, NIPM, Mr. Murahari Rao, Seeds Men Association and Ms. Rani, National HRD Network.

Dr. I. V. Subba Rao, Secretary, Education, appealed to the corporates to participate fully in the task of eliminating child labour not only in the organised sector but lend their influence and support to end it in the unorganised sector as well.

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