Features of the PENCIL Portal
- This is an entirely different internet portal.
- The Ministry of Labour and Employment created it.
- Connects the central government with the state governments.
- Acts as a liaison between governments and all districts and project companies.
- At the State level, the State Resource Center will monitor its progress.
- People are allowed to register any complaint online on this portal with respect to the issues related to Child Labour.
- Once the complaint is registered, it automatically gets assigned to the concerned Nodal Officer. This step ensures legal action by the concerned authority quickly and efficiently.
- The State Resource Center has been established at the State Labour Department.
- District Nodal Officers (DNOs) are given the power to take action on the complaints received at the district level.
PENCIL Portal
In June 2017, India ratified two significant conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO): Working Age Convention no. 138 and Agreement on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. 182, which reflects the country’s desire to rule without child labor. The main goal of the National Child Labour Program (NCLPS), launched in 1988, is to appropriately rehabilitate children who have been put out of work to reduce child labour in areas with a high concentration of child labour.
Portal for Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour (PENCIL) is an electronic platform that aims to engage the Centre, States, Countries, Governments, civil society, and the general public toward the goal of a child-labor-free society. The Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, has launched the Child Labour Effectiveness Platform (Pencil).