With our earth's population on the rise child labour conjointly will increase. According to the website oxforddictionaries.com “child labour is the use of children in industry or business,especially when illegal or considered inhumane.”. however because the population will increase thus will several alternative issues including poverty. With a lot of poverty there's guaranteed to be a lot of child labour. Overall, this begs the question: Is child labour acceptable depending on the their economic
The data of Censers 2001 regarding child labour and related indicator are provided in Annexure – I of Chapter – 2. A very useful study has been conducted on magnitude of child labour in India. And analysis of official sources of data by N.S.S.O. which have observed various factual observations and the report of them same have been analysed in the Annexure – III of Chapter which is important to obtain observation in child labour sector
Laxity in Enforcement of Protection Labour Legislation On the part of government, it was found that various laws have been programmed with regards to child labour over the years. Prevention and Protection Act-1986 prohibited the employment of children below the age of 14 years in certain industries while specifying their working conditions in other industries where their employment is not banned. 2.1.7 The Unorganised Nature of Jobs Child workers are not enrolled and organized on line in trade
Secretary of Labour, Government of India on December 4, 1997. 2.7 The National Child Labour Policy The idea of adapting a separate policy on child Labour was not only to place the issue on the nation’s agenda, but also to formulate a specific program of action to initiate the process of progressive elimination of the child Labour. The policy consits of three complementary measures. • Level on action plan. This policy envisages strict enforcement of the provision of the Child Labour (Prohibition
childhood where a person learns, grows and develops the best. It is this stage of life which is regarded as lovable and proper care and warmth of the person should be taken. It is the child that is taken to be a ‘national asset’ for the development of the nation and its capital building. However, in developing countries like India most children can hardly realize this dream of childhood; much less exploit the promises of adulthood. The reasons for this are multi-faceted and regretful. “It is precisely because
“What I am today is because of education and I want every Indian child to be so touched by the light of education” Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. “The childhood shows the man as morning shows the day” John Milton INTRODUCTION “Child” as defined by the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 is a person who has not completed the age of fourteen years. A child of such tender age is expected to play study and be carefree about his life. But as a fact of nature, expectations
protection to Children who are affected by armed conflict. Children below 15 years of age cannot be allowed to join the army or in warfare. Child affected by war in the war zone must be given special protection. The Convention makes provision for the rehabilitation of Children who are victims of exploitation, neglect, torture, abuse, or put in prison. Such Child victim should be provided special assistance to regain physical ,mental health and become an able member of the society again. The Convention
independent of and even prior to his participation in the society (Dr.V.K.Anand 2001). There are the rights, which entitled mankind a decent, civilized life in which inherent dignity of each human being will receive respect and protection (A.N.Sen 2002). Child is a nation’s assets and future resource of manpower to a nation. Children need special protection because of their tender age and physique, mental immaturity and incapacity to look after themselves. Various Laws have been made for the protection and
Alternatively, a stagnant economy may force women into the labour market due to poverty, as the poor can ill-afford to stay out of work. A loose labour market with high unemployment and low wage wages may discourage potential female workers for declaring themselves as job seekers. The women, whose principal activity constitutes domestic duties ,are not considered to be within the labour force, even if they perform certain activities such as free collection of goods (vegetables
Tea plantation is one of the major industries of the world that requires a large number of workers. Tea plantations had been carried out in various places of Assam, India during the colonial rule. Assam produces more than 54 per cent of the annual tea produce. The British managed workers from various places of India for the Assam tea gardens. The workers were mostly tribal and backward Hindu by caste. They came to distant Assam tea gardens to work here to improve their conditions of life. But reverse