70 : ABOLtTION OF CHILD LABOUR AND BONDED LABOUR 7.7 One-day Workshops were held at Aligarh (30 September), Kanpur (9 October), Allahabad (10 October) and Moradabad (9 November) by the Uttar Pradesh Labour Department, with assistance from UNICEE The Workshops were useful in assessing the magnitude of the problem of child labour, in sensitising the concerned agencies, in creating a deeper awareness of the evils of child labour and in providing ideas to combat this practice. B] Preventing Employment of Children by Government Servants: Amendment of Service Rules 7.8 The All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968 have been amended by the Central Government to prohibit the employment of children below the age of 14 years as domestic servants by Government servants employed in the All India Services, namely the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Police Service and the Indian Forest Service. This has been done upon the recommendation and insistence of this Commission. 7.9 The Commission had observed that employing children below and upto the age of 14 years was reprehensible, and that this was more so when the employer was a Government servant. It had urged that an appropriate change be made in the Conduct Rules of Government servants by both the Centre and States, so that the employment of such children would not only be viewed as misconduct, but also invite a major penalty. The Commission had been pursuing this matter with the Centre and States since February 1997, when the then Chairperson of the Commission had written to the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension. He had subsequently written to the Chief Ministers of all States on 3 March 1997. On 13 December 1999, the present Chairperson had written a further letter to the Chief Ministers of those States that had not amended their Service Conduct Rules. He appealed to them to carry out the necessary amendments at the earliest. 7.10 The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension amended the Central Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, on 4 October 1999 and the AllIndia Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968 on 1 February 2000. According to the amended rule, 'no Government NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION