Child Labour Presentation

1. presentation

3. INTRODUCTION
CHILD HAS BECOME AN
IMPORTANT
“SOCIAL ISSUE” IN A DEVELOPING
COUNTRY LIKE INDIA

4. CHILD LABOUR
Child labour represent a
fundamental abuse of children
rights which are a violation of
various laws.
Many working children are
engaged in occupations that
negatively affect there
physical, mental and emotional
wellbeing and are below their
minimum age for employment

5. SPECIAL FOCUS ON INDIA

6. CHILD LABOUR 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

7. CHILD ABUSE
A recent study on Child Abuse: India 2007,
conducted by Ministry of Women and Child
development (GOI) revealed that across
different kinds of abuse, it is young children,
in the 5-12 year group, who are most at risk of
abuse and exploitation.

8. PHYSICAL ABUSE
 Two out of every three children were
physically abused.
 Out of 69% children physically
abused 54.68% were boys.
 Over 50% children were being
subjected to one or the other form of
physical abuse
 Out of those children physically
abused in family situations, 88.6%
were physically abused by parents.
 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Assam,
Bihar and Delhi have almost
consistently reported higher rates of
abuse in all forms as compared to
other states.
 50.2% children worked seven days a
week.

9. 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 world‟s 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.

10. • 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.

11. REASONS
• „Poverty‟ is the main push factor
• Parental illiteracy
• Absence of universal compulsory Primary education
• Ignorance of the parents about the adverse
consequences of child labour
• Lack of educational facilities or poor quality of
education
• Employers prefer children as they constitute
cheap labour and they are not able to
organize themselves against exploitation

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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.
• Observance of a specific day as „Anti Child Labour
Day‟. (June 12th is being observed as Anti Child Labour
Day by ILO)

15. CHILDLINE
• Introduction
• Started in 1978
• Situated all over INDIA in 73 cities
• Started in 1996 in Mumbai as a
„CHILD INDIA
FOUNDATION‟, Grant Road
• Works under CHILD WELFARE
COMMITTEE (CWC)
• Has large networking system

16. VISIT TO CHILDLINE

21. • From last five years in Kalyan
• Head In charge - Mr.SHARAD
• Toll free no. 1098
• Name is „AASRA SANSTHA‟ in Kalyan
• It covers Dombivli to Badlapur and Kalyan to Titwala
• Last year received 1,30,000 calls
• 30,000 calls have been fulfilled up till now
• Hires Professional Counsellors for child rehabilitation
and to develop them mentally and socially
CHILDLINE IN KALYAN

22. WHAT ‘WE’CAN DO AS APERSON TO
STOPCHILD LABOUR ?
• To donate funds in NGOs working for
the rehabilitation of street children
• To make the rural people aware about
the benefits of education
• To provide free education for the
orphans
• To contact NGOs and make them aware
about child labour happening in our
society
• To start campaign against child labour.
• To help the government to stop child
labour

23. CONCLUSION
CHILD LABOUR IS A CURSE TO THE
INDIAN SOCIETY AS WELL AS OUR
ECONOMY. 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