Name: Rfp - Study On The Status Of The National Action Plan On Business And Human Rights And Ngrbc From Child Rights Perspective In Rajasthan
Start: 2023-06-14
End: 2023-06-25
Location: SAVE THE CHILDREN

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SAVE THE CHILDREN

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India

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Location: Rajasthan ,

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ajaz.najar@savethechildren.in

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67460272

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2023-06-25

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Study on the status of the National Action plan on Business and Human Rights and National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct (NGRBC) from Child Rights perspective in Rajasthan.

About Save the Children.

Save the Children is India’s leading independent Non-Government Child Right Organization. Started in 2008 in India, and registered as “Bal Raksha Bharat’, Save the Children has since changed the lives of more than 14 million children and presently working in more than 16 states. We reached these children through thematic interventions in the field of Child Protection, Education, Health & Nutrition, Humanitarian Response & DRR and Child Poverty. Every child deserves the best chance for a bright future. That’s why we are fiercely committed to ensuring children not only survive, but thrive. Bold in our ambition and powerful in our care, we do whatever it takes to save and protect the world's most vulnerable children. We are proud to be the world’s leading expert on children, delivering lasting results for millions of vulnerable girls and boys. By saving the world’s children, we transform their lives and the future we share.

Background and Context:

Responsbile Business has emerged as global initiative and emphasized in UN sustainable developed goals to respect human rights and addressing adverse business? related human rights impacts on certain vulnerable and marginalized sections of the population. India has seen worst level impact in COVID-19 pandemic and the unprecedented migration of informal migrant workers across India has raised serious concerns in business operations. Therefore, Goverment of India initated developing Natinal Action plan-NAP on business and human rights. On feberuary 2019, India published its zero draft NAP on Business and Human Rights which aims to provide an overview of India’s legal framework setting out the State’s duty to protect human rights, set the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, and access remedy against business-related human rights violations. Ministry of Corporate Affairs has revised the National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business, 2011 (NVGs) and formulated the National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct (NGRBC). The NGRBC is designed for all businesses, irrespective of ownership, size, sector, structure or location. It is expected that all companies that are invested or operating in India, including foreign multinational corporation (MNCs), has to abide by these guidelines. The NGRBC also provides a useful framework for guiding the Indian MNCs in their overseas operation, by aligning with the applicable local, national standards and norms that are governing the responsible business conduct. In addition to these voluntary measures, the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), which regulates stock markets in the country, has had mandatory environment, social and governance (ESG) disclosures for the top 100 companies listed on Indian stock exchanges since 2012. The mandatory ESG disclosures have gradually been expanded to now cover the top 1000 companies. These guidelines and the mandatory disclosures is welcoming step for establishing a systamtic approach to ensure human rights in business as per the national action plan- NAP.

Scope of Study in Rajasthan

Rajasthan state has great importance in economic development perspective, The state’s key areas of strength include mineral based industries, textile, tourism and gems & jewelry. As per Rajasthan Foundation, a Government of Rajasthan organization, in 2021-22, Agriculture and allied sectors contributed to 30.23 per cent in Rajasthan's Gross State Value Added (GSVA) at current prices. In terms of growth, agriculture and allied sector again emerges as the driver with a growth rate of 4.78 per cent in 2021-22 over 2020-21 at constant 2011-12) prices. Rajasthan is India's leading producer of coarse cereals and coriander, as well as the country's second-largest producer of pulses, oilseeds, cumin, and garlic[1]. Rajasthan has a network of almost 300 industrial estates and mining sector is vastly spread over 19 out of 33 districts of the state. These are spread across the state, with many of them focused exclusively on high growth industries such as gems & jewelry, textile, cement, tourism and agriculture . Rajasthan state has 6 lakh micro small medium enterprise- MSME units employ over 37 lakh people while exports of MSME units stood at Rs 72,000 crore INR in the last financial year and it contributes 30 percent to the country’s GDP[2]. In order to address infrastructure gaps and optimzing local resources, the state has adopted clutser based approach wheregroup of business enterprises work within a similar area, produce similar products using similar production technology.

In prespective of state’s booming business and growing MSME sectors, these business stakeholders holders have to follow certain principles to ensure their business are complying with safe and ethical business practices that respects human rights, child rights as per National Action Policy -NAP on business and human rights and National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct (NGRBC). In 2021, Save the Children conducted a study on status of child labour in various sectors in Rajasthan. The study showed almost one third of the children were employed in stone quarries. 34% of children were engaged in the agriculture sector. 17% children were working in brick kilns either alone or along with their family whereas 16% were working in workshops in Jaipur, mainly involved in making bangles and cutting gems. In the concern to given context and scope, Save the Chi

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