Implementation of the PENCIL Portal
- The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched this web portal.
- It links state and central governments with districts and project committees for proper implementation.
- The progress at the state level is monitored by the State Resource Centre.
- The National Resource Centre was established under the Ministry of Employment.
- District Heads (DNOs) are empowered to act on complaints received at the district level.
- Anyone can file a complaint of child labor online on this website.
- The complaints submitted online are automatically forwarded to the Chief Officer in real-time and the appropriate Chief Officer for further action.
- The pencil has received 1,010 child labor complaints so far.
- As per the updated data, the district guards have resolved 361 complaints so far.
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).