Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani has called for making fight against child labour a people’s movement or Jan Andolan.

Speaking at an event to mark the World Day against Child Labour in New Delhi today, Ms Irani said, there is a need to strengthen Child Welfare Committees and formulate training modules for district nodal officers.

She suggested to ensure that a rescued child gets a healthy environment and is not forced back into labour. The Minister said, the evil of Child Labour can be eliminated only when fight against Child labour becomes a people’s movement. She urged the neighbourhood entities like resident welfare association and market associations to join the campaign.