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Child Labour Laws in India

Child labour refers to the employment of children under the age of 14 in manual work. It deprives children of their childhood, dignity, and potential for proper physical and mental development. The main causes of child labour in India are poverty, debt, and industries that prefer children for delicate work. Consequences include injuries, abuse, lost education, and long-term harm to individual development and national economic progress through reduced human capital accumulation. Types of child labour in India include slavery, trafficking, debt bondage, serfdom, and forced labour.

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Child Labour Laws in India

Child labour refers to the employment of children under the age of 14 in manual work. It deprives children of their childhood, dignity, and potential for proper physical and mental development. The main causes of child labour in India are poverty, debt, and industries that prefer children for delicate work. Consequences include injuries, abuse, lost education, and long-term harm to individual development and national economic progress through reduced human capital accumulation. Types of child labour in India include slavery, trafficking, debt bondage, serfdom, and forced labour.

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Child Labour

Child labour definition


● Child labour is a global phenomenon. Employment of children in any manual work is
known as child labour.
● According to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 a child is a
person who has not yet attained the age of fourteen years. In this tender age where a
child is expected to grow, enjoy its childhood to the fullest, seek education, gain a
strong value system goes to work to earn a living either for himself/herself and for
their family.
Child labour definition

● Child labour also deprives children of their dignity, potential and their childhood.
Children working below the age of 14 years are not able to develop mentally, socially,
physically and morally.
Causes of child labour in India

● Poverty: Children are considered helping hands to feed themselves as well as their families. Due to
poverty, the rate of unemployment and underemployment are also very high so the parents have to send
their children to work on low wages.
● Previous debts: Due to the poor economic condition people take loans. But they don't have sufficient
money to pay back the loans so they, not only work day and night to pay off the loans but they also drag
their children to work so that the loan could be paid off early and easily.
● Professional needs: Some industries require delicate and soft hands rather than rough hands that are
required in bangle industries. So they prefer children and not adults for such work.
Consequences of child labour
● Children are prone to accidental and many other types of injuries at work. Such
injuries cause them social and economic harm which affect them during their lifetime.
● General injuries like cuts, burns, lacerations, fractures and dizziness are very
common. Sexual abuse, STDs, HIV/AIDS, drugs, alcoholism, sexual exploitation of
girls, rape, prostitution are also the consequences of child labour. They also face
physical neglect in food, clothing, shelter and medical treatment.
Consequences of child labour in India1`

● For India, child labour has long term adverse effects. The economy of a country will
only prosper when the country will have an educated workforce, skills, technology
and the younger generation will be a part of human capital in the future.
● If child labour at a huge extent continues then there will be a trade-off with human
capital accumulation. 70% of child labour is employed in agriculture because it
requires less skilled work whereas other children are employed in heavy industries.
Types of child labour in India

● Slavery: Slavery is when one person works for another person. Slaves don’t have their say in anything they have to work
according to the commands of their master.
● Child Trafficking: Buying and selling of children either for labour or sexual exploitation.
● Debt Bondage: When people cannot pay off their loans with their money and belongings they are often forced to work as a
labour.
● Serfdom: When a person works on land that belongs to another person is known as serfdom. The labour will either be provided
with little pay or no pay.
● Forced Labour: When a child works against his/her wishes then it is termed as forced labour.

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