3. 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
Today, throughout the world,
around 215 million children
work.
4. 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
6. 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.
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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.
7. • 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.
8. REASONS
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‘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
9. LAWS OF CHILD LABOUR
IN INDIA
• The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act
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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
10. CONSEQUENCES
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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
11. 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)
12. CHILDLINE
• Childline Introduction
• Started in 1978
• Situated all over INDIA in 73 cities
• Started in 1996 in Mumbai as a ‘CHILD
INDIA FOUNDATION’, in grand road’
• Works under CHILD WELFARE
COMMITTEE (CWC)
• Has large networking system
16. WHAT ‘WE’ CAN DO AS A PERSON TO
STOP CHILD LABOUR ?
• To donate funds in NGOs
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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.
BE‟ a responsible citizen and ensure
you do not employ child labour.
17. 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
18.
19. Children are remarkably imaginative and
resilient - but also heartbreakingly fragile
and vulnerable
“So let us share their dreams
And shape their future” .
THANK YOU
BY
SHRADDHA SHETTY(475)
KOMAL SHINDE(476)
DEEPALI SHIRGAONKAR(478)
MAYURI SHIRODKAR(480)
