Dhaka, Dec. 18 -- The government has initiated a move to formulate a national action plan to eliminate child labour from the country by 2030, Labour Secretary Sanwar Jahan Bhuiyan said on Thursday.

Eradication of child labour requires coordinated interventions-particularly in hazardous sectors-alongside strengthened labour inspections and effective social safety net programmes for vulnerable families, he said.

Identifying poverty as the root cause of child labour, he noted that sustainable elimination is possible only when working children are brought under comprehensive social protection schemes.

Mr Bhuiyan was speaking while addressing the closing session of a two-day residential training on 'Safe Work for Youth and Child Labour' hel...