CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA: A

SOCIAL EVIL FOR THE

SOCIETY

by Karan kumar mandal

B.A.LL.B(2nd semester)

Enroll number:- A36011121006

Subject :- sociology
 The term “child labour” is often
defined as work that deprives
W H AT I S C H I L D children of their childhood, their
LABOUR? potential and their dignity, and
that is harmful to physical ...
 Poverty and lack of social security are the
main causes of child labour. The ever
WHICH SOCIAL EVIL
swelling gap between the rich and the poor,
IS MOST
privatization of basic services and the neo-
VULNERABLE IN liberal economic policies lead to
CHILD LABOUR? unemployment and devoid of basic needs.
This adversely affects children more than
any other group.
 W H AT I S T H E
According to official data, there are around 152
P E R C E N TA G E O F
million children worldwide working as child
CHILD LABOUR IN
labourers, out of which India accounts for close
INDIA IN 2020? to 7.3 per cent of that number.
 Various causes of child labour like the curse of poverty, lack
W H AT A R E T H E
of educational resources, Social and economic
MAIN CAUSE OF
backwardness, Addiction, disease or disability, The lure of
CHILD LABOUR IN cheap labour, Family tradition, Discrimination between
INDIA? boys and girls.
 •Spread awareness. ...
•More stringent laws and effective
implementation. ...
HOW CAN WE STOP •Sending more children to school. ...
CHILD LABOR IN
•Discouraging people to employ children in
INDIA?
homes, shops, factories, etc. ...
•Supporting NGOs like Save the Children. ...
•Conclusion.
 Article-24, Prohibition of employment of children in factories.
No child below the age of 14 years shall be employed in any
factories.

39(e)-The health and strength of workers, men, women and the

tender age of children are not abused and forced to work which is
unsuitable to their age and strength.

CONSTITUTIO 39(f)-Children are given opportunities to develop in a healthy

manner. ÿ 41 - Right to work, to education and public assistance
N A L M A N D AT E : in certain cases.

45-Provision of free and compulsory education for each children

of 6-14 years age group.

47- Duty of the state to raise the level of nutrition and the
standard of living and to improve public health.
 The disadvantages of child labor
W H AT A R E T H E include: susceptibility to abuse, low pay rates,
D I S A D VA N TA G E S O F hazardous working conditions and illegal work,
CHILD LABOUR? such as drug trafficking, child prostitution and
human trafficking.
 When there are more workers willing to
work at a given wage than there are jobs,
HOW DOES CHILD workers will compete and drive down
LABOR AFFECT THE wages. Hence, the more child workers in
ECONOMY? the economy, the lower the wages of jobs
those children compete for (unskilled
work).
 The policy of the government is to ban employment
of children below the age of fourteen years in
W H AT A R E T H E factories, mines and hazardous employment and to
RIGHTS OF CHILD regulate the working conditions of children in other
LABOUR? employment. The Child Labour (Prohibition and
Regulation) Act, 1986 seeks to achieve this basic
objective.