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Child labour is a significant social issue in India. Millions of children between the ages of 5-14 work in India, many in hazardous occupations that negatively impact their health and development. The 1986 Child Labour Act bans employment of children under 14 and in hazardous work. Common causes of child labour include poverty, lack of access to education, parental illiteracy, and employers preferring cheap child labour. The Act established punishments for employing children and prohibited their work in certain occupations and industries. Despite laws, child labour remains a major problem in India, particularly in rural areas.
Child labour is a significant social issue in India. Millions of children between the ages of 5-14 work in India, many in hazardous occupations that negatively impact their health and development. The 1986 Child Labour Act bans employment of children under 14 and in hazardous work. Common causes of child labour include poverty, lack of access to education, parental illiteracy, and employers preferring cheap child labour. The Act established punishments for employing children and prohibited their work in certain occupations and industries. Despite laws, child labour remains a major problem in India, particularly in rural areas.
Child labour is a significant social issue in India. Millions of children between the ages of 5-14 work in India, many in hazardous occupations that negatively impact their health and development. The 1986 Child Labour Act bans employment of children under 14 and in hazardous work. Common causes of child labour include poverty, lack of access to education, parental illiteracy, and employers preferring cheap child labour. The Act established punishments for employing children and prohibited their work in certain occupations and industries. Despite laws, child labour remains a major problem in India, particularly in rural areas.
HNLU, Raipur 1 Dr. Hanumant Yadav Child Labour CHILD HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT SOCIAL ISSUE IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY LIKE INDIA Dr. Hanumant Yadav 2 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 Dr. Hanumant Yadav 3 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 Dr. Hanumant Yadav 4 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.
Dr. Hanumant Yadav 5 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 non-hazardous occupations and processes.
Over 19 lakh child labourers in the 5-14 age group are in Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Hanumant Yadav 6 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 cheap labour and they are not able to organize themselves against exploitation
Dr. Hanumant Yadav 7 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. Dr. Hanumant Yadav 8 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. Dr. Hanumant Yadav 9 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.
10 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; (5) A port authority within the limits of any port.
Dr. Hanumant Yadav 11 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.