he National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has asked the Meghalaya government to stop child labour and conduct a survey to find the number of child labourers in the state. During a day long hearing camp in Shillong, the commission also asked the state government to take measures for schooling and rehabilitation of child labourers. The state authorities informed the NHRC that over two hundred child workers were identified in the Jaintia hills in the state. The NHRC has asked the authorities to give monetary compensation to the child labourers identified in the hills.