PRESENTATION

ON

CHILD
LABOUR

CONTENT
S

INTRODUCTION
REASONS OF CHILD LABOUR
DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD LABOUR
STATE WISE DISTRIBUTION
LAWS OF CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA
CONSEQUENCES
AWARENESS
CONCLUSION

What is Child Labour?

Practice of having children engage in
economic activity, on part or full time basis.
The practice deprives children of their
childhood, their potential & their dignity
and that is harmful to their physical, mental
& social development.

REASONS

Poverty

is the main push factor

Parental illiteracy

Absence of universal compulsory Primary

education
Lack of educational facilities or poor quality of
education

SECTOR-WISE DISTRIBUTION
OF CHILD LABOUR

Child Labour in India

Child labour in India is a human right issue for the
whole world. It is a serious & extensive problem.
INDIA accounts for the second highest number
where child labour in the world. AFRICA accounts
for highest.
According to statistics given by India government
there are almost 20 million bonded child labourers
in the country.
Approximately 10 million bonded child labourers
are working as domestic servants 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

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.
Estimates from 2000 study suggest that 5.7 million were in
forced or bonded labour, 1.8 million in prostitution and
pornography and 1.2 million were victims of trafficking. In
India, 1104 lakh children are working as labourers

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. Rajasthan accounts
for over 12.6 lakh workers followed by Bihar
with over 11 lakh and Madhya Pradesh with
10.6 lakh.
However, according to the 2001 census, in
state-wise distribution of working children in the
5-14 age group, Andhra Pradesh with 13.6 lakh
child labour stands second in the national list
after UP.

WORLD-WIDE DISTRIBUTION
OF CHILD LABOUR

LAWS OF CHILD
LABOUR IN INDIA
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 20,000Rs fine
It Provides free and compulsory education for all
children until they complete the age of 14 years
Many beggar childrens and other similar forms of
forced labour are prohibited and violation of this
provision shall be an offence punishable in accordance
with law

CONSEQUENCES

Adult unemployment
Depreciation in wages
Increased abuse of children
Increased bottlenecks in the
development process
Wasted human resources
Wasted human talents and skills
Suffer injuries and illness from work
Not accessible to education

AWARENESS
Widespread awareness generation to create a
positive climate for children to go to school and
not to work.
Effective utilization of print and electronic media.
Programme are to be conducted on child rights.
Incentive should be given to teachers by way of
Best Teacher Award' for enrolment of child
laborers and dropouts into Formal Schools.
Observance of a specific day as Anti Child
Labour Day. (June 12th is being observed as Anti
Child Labour Day by ILO)

CONCLUSION
1. CHILD LABOUR IS A CURSE TO THE
INDIAN SOCIETY AS WELL AS OUR
ECONOMY.
2. ALONG WITH THE GOVERNMENT WE ALSO
HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT OUR
RESPONSIBILITIES AND SHOULD TAKE
CORRECTIVE MEASURES TO STOP CHILD
LABOUR.
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A BETTER AND
DEVELOPED INDIA

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