Child Labour in India

Dr. Hanumant Yadav

HNLU, Raipur

Dr. Hanumant Yadav

Child Labour
CHILD HAS BECOME AN
IMPORTANT
SOCIAL ISSUE
IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY LIKE
INDIA

Dr. Hanumant Yadav

Child Labour
Child labour represent a fundamental
abuse of children rights which are a
violation of various laws.
Many working children are engaged
in occupations that negatively affect
there physical, mental and emotional
wellbeing and are below their
minimum age for employment
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Child Labour in India

According to the amendment in child
labour act 1986, a ban is imposed on
employing children
Age group between 5-14 years
More than 120 million children's around the
world
44million children's in India
U.P. has the highest number of child labours
More than 80% are employed in villages, that
also in agriculture and non-formal activities
like livestock rearing, fishing etc
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Child Labour : Facts

According to the Indian census of 1991, there are
11.28 million working children under the age of
fourteen years in India.
Over 85% of this child labour is in the country's
rural areas, working in agricultural activities such
as fanning, livestock rearing, forestry and
fisheries.
The worlds highest number of working children
is in India. ILO estimates that 218 million children
were involved in child labour in 2004, of which
126 million were engaged in hazardous work.
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Child Labour : Facts

The Hindi belt, including Bihar,
Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and
Uttar Pradesh, account for 1.27 crore
working children in the country,
engaged in both hazardous and nonhazardous occupations and
processes.
Over 19 lakh child labourers in the
5-14 age group are in Uttar Pradesh.
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Child Labour : Reasons

Poverty is the main push factor
Parental illiteracy
Absence of universal compulsory Primary
education
Ignorance of the parents about the adverse
consequences of child labour
Lack of educational facilities or poor quality
of education
Employers prefer children as they constitute
cheaplabour and they are not able to
organizethemselves against exploitation
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Child Labour : Law

Recognizing the increasing problem of child
labour in India, the Parliament passed The
Child Labour (Prohibition and
Regulation) Act, 1986.
The purpose of this Act was to declare child
labour as illegal and make it a punishable act
by any citizen of India. The Act is to bring to
the notice of the people of this nation that
there are child labour laws to protect the
child.
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Child Labour (Prohibition and

Regulation) Act, 1986
No child shall be employed or
permitted to work in any of the
occupations set forth in Part A of the
Schedule or in any workshop wherein
any of the processes set forth in Part
B of the Schedule is carried on.

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Child Labour : Law

The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation)
Act 1986 prohibits employment of children below
the age of 14 years in any factory or any
hazardous employment
Any person who employs child he is liable for
punishment with imprisonment for 3 month
which can be extended to 1 year or Rs. 20,000
fine.

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Part A Schedule :
occupations
(1)Transport of passengers, goods or mails by
railway;
(2) Cinder picking, clearing of an ash pit or building
operation in the railway premises;
(3) Work in a catering establishment at a railway
station, involving the movement of a vendor or
any other employee of the establishment from
one platform to another or into or out of a moving
train;
(4) Work relating to the construction of a railway
station or with any other work where such work is
done in close proximity to or between the railway
lines;
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(5) A port authority within the limits of any port.

Part B schedule :
occupations
(1) Bidi-making.
(2) Carpet-weaving.
(3) Cement manufacture, including bagging of cement.
(4) Cloth printing, dyeing and weaving.
(5) Manufacture of matches, explosives and fire-works.
(6) Mica-cutting and splitting.
(7) Shellac manufacture.
(8) Soap manufacture.
(9) Tanning.
(10) Wool-cleaning.
(11) Building and construction industry.

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