More than a decade after June 12 was declared 'World Day Against Child Labour’, as many as 65 per cent children in India suffer from poor health, while 40 per cent are child labourers.
The Hindu explores several facets relating to child labour and the laws relating to it.
An education lost is a livelihood gained?
Girls seem the worst sufferers; once they drop out of school, they face pressure from their family to get married, or to get a job.
>Read more »Activists oppose child ‘help’ in family enterprises
Certain amendments have been proposed to the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 to allow children below 14 years of age to ‘help’ in family enterprises.
>Read more »Little change even after 14 years
Child labour laws are being blatantly violated more than a decade after June 12 was declared ‘World Day Against Child Labour’
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