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Child labour in India: How more than 10 million dreams are lost

According to the UNICEF, the child labour in India is 10.1 million, which means a whopping number of more than 10 million children are engaged in work. Over the past two decades, India has put in place a range of laws and programmes to address the problem of child labour. 
According to the UNICEF, the child labour in India is 10.1 million, which means a whopping number of more than 10 million children are engaged in work. Over the past two decades, India has put in place a range of laws and programmes to address the problem
According to the UNICEF, the child labour in India is 10.1 million, which means a whopping number of more than 10 million children are engaged in work. Over the past two decades, India has put in place a range of laws and programmes to address the problem
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( Image Courtesy unicef India.in)
( Image Courtesy unicef India.in)
The factors that contribute to child labour – including “hazardous” child labour –include the poverty and illiteracy of a child’s parents, the family’s social and economic circumstances, a lack of awareness about the harmful effects of child labour, lack of access to basic and meaningful quality education and skills training, high rates of adult unemployment and under-employment, and the cultural values of the family and surrounding society. IN PIC: A child labourer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (EPS | Ravuri)
The factors that contribute to child labour – including “hazardous” child labour –include the poverty and illiteracy of a child’s parents, the family’s social and economic circumstances, a lack of awareness about the harmful effects of child labour, lack of access to basic and meaningful quality education and skills training, high rates of adult unemployment and under-employment, and the cultural values of the family and surrounding society. IN PIC: A child labourer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (EPS | Ravuri)
The child labour is most prevalent in states: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. There are 4.5 million girl child labourers and 5.6 million boys involved in the work. The number of children engaged in work is between 5 to 14 years of age as reported by UNICEF. IN PIC: A child labourer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (EPS | Ravuri)
The child labour is most prevalent in states: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. There are 4.5 million girl child labourers and 5.6 million boys involved in the work. The number of children engaged in work is between 5 to 14 years of age as reported by UNICEF. IN PIC: A child labourer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (EPS | Ravuri)
The conditions in which children work is completely unregulated and they are often made to work without food, and very low wages, resembling situations of slavery. IN PIC: A child labourer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (EPS | Ravuri)
The conditions in which children work is completely unregulated and they are often made to work without food, and very low wages, resembling situations of slavery. IN PIC: A child labourer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (EPS | Ravuri)
Bonded child labour is a hidden phenomenon as a majority of them are found in the informal sector. Bonded labour means the employment of a person against a loan or debt or social obligation by the family of the child or the family as a whole. IN PIC: A child labourer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (EPS | Ravuri)
Bonded child labour is a hidden phenomenon as a majority of them are found in the informal sector. Bonded labour means the employment of a person against a loan or debt or social obligation by the family of the child or the family as a whole. IN PIC: A child labourer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (EPS | Ravuri)
The increasing gap between the rich and the poor, privatization of basic services and the neo-liberal economic policies are causes major sections of the population out of employment and without basic needs. (EPS | Ravuri)
The increasing gap between the rich and the poor, privatization of basic services and the neo-liberal economic policies are causes major sections of the population out of employment and without basic needs. (EPS | Ravuri)
In 2000 the ILO estimated 5.5 million children had been forced in labour in Asia, while the Bonded Labour Liberation Front placed 10 million bonded children in India alone. (EPS | Ravuri)
In 2000 the ILO estimated 5.5 million children had been forced in labour in Asia, while the Bonded Labour Liberation Front placed 10 million bonded children in India alone. (EPS | Ravuri)
Child bonded labour in India is mostly in the agricultural sector but has in recent times been moving into other sectors as well such as beedi-rolling, brick kilns, carpet weaving, commercial sexual exploitation, construction, fireworks and matches factories, hotels, hybrid cottonseed production, leather, mines, quarries, silk, synthetic gems, etc. IN PIC: A child labourer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (EPS | Ravuri)
Child bonded labour in India is mostly in the agricultural sector but has in recent times been moving into other sectors as well such as beedi-rolling, brick kilns, carpet weaving, commercial sexual exploitation, construction, fireworks and matches factories, hotels, hybrid cottonseed production, leather, mines, quarries, silk, synthetic gems, etc. IN PIC: A child labourer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (EPS | Ravuri)
A survey in Tamil Nadu in 1995 found 125,000 bonded child labourers in the state alone, according to Child Line 1098. IN PIC: A child labourer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (EPS | Ravuri)
A survey in Tamil Nadu in 1995 found 125,000 bonded child labourers in the state alone, according to Child Line 1098. IN PIC: A child labourer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (EPS | Ravuri)
The Child Labour Prohibition Act 1986 bans the employment of children below the age of 14 in many professions, such as domestic labour, and in the hospitality trade for example in roadside dhabas (restaurants), restaurants, hotels, motels and spas. It does not ban child labour in agriculture. IN PIC: A child labourer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (EPS | Ravuri)
The Child Labour Prohibition Act 1986 bans the employment of children below the age of 14 in many professions, such as domestic labour, and in the hospitality trade for example in roadside dhabas (restaurants), restaurants, hotels, motels and spas. It does not ban child labour in agriculture. IN PIC: A child labourer from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (EPS | Ravuri)
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