Government duties against child labour

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The Central Government has duties to ensure that child labour does not take place and that the provisions of the law are followed. To do this the Government has to:

Run public awareness campaigns
Use media to spread awareness
Promote reporting of child labour
Publicly display the law on child labour
Include child Labour law in the syllabus of schools
Promote training of police, judicial service academies, teachers, Central Labour Service about the child labour law and their role.

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