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New Delhi: Over 5,000 children in the age group of six to 14 years have abandoned education in the mica mining districts of Jharkhand and Bihar.A section of them have started working as labourers to supplement their family income, according to a government survey conducted by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).

A majority of this informal collection is located in the North-eastern districts of Bihar and Jharkhand. Because of the remoteness and lack of vital resources of this area, local populations mainly rely on mica collection to maintain a livelihood.

5,000 Children Abandon Studies to Work in Mica Mines of Jharkhand, Bihar. The survey was conducted by the National Commission for Protection of Child .

Koderma district is rich in minerals. The Koderma district and the Lokai-Indarwa area covers the southern part of Great Mica-Belt of Jharkhand, Bihar and India. Previously the Mica belt was known as Bihar mica belt which extends for a distance of 160 km having an average width of 25 kms.

The majority of the mica mines are concentrated in the north-eastern states of Jharkhand and Bihar. Sudarshan sources mica from both Bihar and Jharkhand, where a significant ratio of the population still lives under the poverty line. It is very difficult to find a regular, stable job, health care and

History. Jhumri Telaiya was once a major mica mining center, Also known as Abrak (Hindi of Mica) Nagri. While laying a railroad through Kodarma in the 1890s, the British first discovered vast mica deposits in the region. Mining activities started soon after and many mining houses were established.

Aug 26, 2019· New Delhi: Over 5,000 children in the age group of six to 14 years have abandoned education in mica mining districts of Jharkhand and Bihar, and a .

"The majority of mica mining takes place in Jharkhand and Bihar, but there are hardly any legal mines in these states, so the mica from these states is exported using the licenses of legal mines ...

Jharkhand is the leading producer of mineral wealth in the country after Chhattisgarh state, endowed as it is with a vast variety of minerals like iron ore, coal, copper ore, mica, bauxite, graphite, limestone, and uranium. Jharkhand is also known for its vast forest resources. Naxal insurgency

Over 5,000 children in the age group of six to 14 years have abandoned education in mica mining districts of Jharkhand and Bihar, and a section of them have started working as labourers to ...

May 08, 2017· Activists lauded the decision to legalise mica mining, but warned that high poverty levels meant the move was unlikely to stop child labour. Two states in eastern India, Jharkhand and Bihar ...

Aug 03, 2016· BBA workers, who have been trying to stop child labour in Jharkhand's mica mines for almost a decade, said Madan's death and the six others in .

Aug 25, 2019· The commission recommended strict action against buyers of mica scraps from children and said a special drive to abolish child labour in the mica mining areas of Jharkhand and Bihar should be carried out by the administration. "Strict actions may be taken against the buyers who buy mica scraps from the children," it said.

In the mica belt of Jharkhand and Bihar, entire villages sustain themselves by mining the minerals, which they extract from the earth in forests. The Netherlands-based Centre for Research on ...

Aug 26, 2019· Over 5,000 children in the age group of six to 14 years have abandoned education in mica mining districts of Jharkhand and Bihar, and a section of them have started working as .

violations of children's rights in the mica mines in these provinces. The objective of this first research was threefold: 1) to determine the current magnitude of child labour in the mica belt in Jharkhand and Bihar; 2) to provide insight into the main companies involved in the mica supply chain, with a .

Apr 16, 2014· Mica can be found in the mines of Jharkhand and Bihar. Most of it is extracted from illegal mines using child labour (in 2012, the export of mica was over eight times the country's officially ...

Illegal mica mines in Bihar and Jharkhand employ child labour - The Times... Mica can be found in the mines of Jharkhand and Bihar. Most of it is extracted from illegal mines using child labour (in 2012, the export of mica was over eight times the country's officially stated production).

Jhumri Telaiya - Expand Your Mind - Revolvy. Jhumri Telaiya is a town in the Koderma District of Jharkhand, India . ... History Jhumri Telaiya was once a major mica mining center, Also known as Abrak ... venture called as Bihar Mica Syndicate which was having Mica mines in Sapahi,...

violations of children's rights in the mica mines in these provinces. The objective of this first research was threefold: 1) to determine the current magnitude of child labour in the mica belt in Jharkhand and Bihar; 2) to provide insight into the main companies involved in the mica supply chain, with a .

The mica ghost mines of Jharkhand. ... The Indian Bureau of Mines lists only 21 underground mica mines, and just 244 leases, and mica production officially is a mere 19,000 tonnes. Yet exports are ...

Aug 25, 2019· Over 5,000 children in the age group of six to 14 years have abandoned education in mica mining districts of Jharkhand and Bihar, and a section of them have started working as .

Ugly truth behind global beauty industry. ... child labour is being used in the eastern states of Jharkhand and Bihar to extract mica, ... mica mines start shimmering under the rising sun in ...

Over 5,000 children in the age group of six to 14 have reportedly shunned schools in three mica mining districts of Jharkhand and Bihar to work as labourers to supplement their family income, said ...
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