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New Delhi , Feb. 16

THE Union Labour Minister, Mr Sahib Singh Verma, on Monday inaugurated the Indo-US Child Labour Project along with Mr Arnold Levine, Deputy Under Secretary of the US Department of Labour.

The project aims at rehabilitating child labour and bringing them to the formal education stream.

The total cost of the project is $40 million funded equally by the Indian Government and the US Government.

The project covers 10 industries where there is high concentration of child labour such as beedi, brassware, bricks, fireworks, footware, glass bangles, locks, matches, quarrying and silk.

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