{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:29:06.471Z","data":{"id":"inc-ls-1991-021","text":"Strengthen and strictly enforce laws against child labour","quote":"Laws against child labour will be strengthened and strictly enforced.","quoteIsExact":false,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":null,"sector":"women-children","measurability":"directional","importance":"minor","deadline":"1996-05-16","deadlineType":"implied","status":"partial","rating":5,"ratingRule":"partial_yesno","provisional":false,"confidence":"low","reason":"63 National Child Labour Projects covering 1.2 lakh children in hazardous work were sanctioned by 1995-96. No amendment strengthening the child labour law during the term was found in the sources checked.","evidence":[{"date":"2004-08-25","sourceType":"manifesto","publisher":"All India Congress Committee (Wayback copy)","title":"Salient Points of Previous Manifestos (1991 and 1996 extracts)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20040825152122/http://www.aicc.org.in:80/manifesto-1996.htm","quote":"Laws against child labour will be strengthened and strictly enforced.","stance":"context"},{"date":null,"sourceType":"statistics","publisher":"Ministry of Finance","title":"Economic Survey 1995-96, ch. 10 Social Sectors","url":"https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/budget_archive/es1995-96/10%20Social%20sectors.pdf","quote":"For the elimination of child labour from hazardous employment, 63 National Child Labour Projects with an annual expenditure of Rs.40.50 crore benefiting a total of 1.20 lakh children","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["child-labour"],"sensitive":false,"memeLine":null,"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-05","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"inc-ls-1991","partyId":"inc","electionId":"ls-1991"}}