1. CHILD LABOUR
Jatin Kumar
Enrol No: 11115045

2. ChildLabour
1.Defination
2.History
3.Industry involved child Labour
4.Howtostopit

3. Defination
Child Labour = Employment of children at
regular and sustained labour
By UNICEF: A child involved in a labour activity if
between 5-11 years of age.

4. Cont.
• By India’s Census Office(2001):
Participation of child less than 17 years of age
in any economic productive activity with or
without componsation ,wages or profit.

5. History
1.International Revolution:
four year old children work in production factory
2.Victorian era:
notorious for employing young children in
factory and mines and as chimney sweeps.
Ex. Charles Dickens-12 yr

6. Cont.
3. England and Scotland(1788):
2/3 of workers in 143 water power cotton mill

7. Cont.
• UNICEF: (2011)
150 million child in age of 5-14 yr.
16 % are involved in child labour.
90% involved in domestic labour are girls.
• ILO:(2010)
sub saharan africa =1 in 4 ,aged 5-17.
Asia Pacific= 1 in 8
Latin America = 1 in 10

8. India in 2013-2014
• 2nd highest where 1st is africa
• 17 million as child labour presently
• 19% - domestic help
• 85% of working children - unorganised sector

9. Cont.
• 2 million – sex worker age of 5-15yr
3.3 million – age of 15 – 18yr
• 1 in 8 Indian child in world.

10. WORK
INVOLVED CHILD
LABOUR

11. Mining

12. prostitution

13. Agriculture

14. Quarrying

15. Clothing factory

16. Cigarette factory

17. Cardboard
factory

18. Polishing shoes

19. Cleaning

21. Work in all types of weather
for minimal pay.

22. Causes of child labour
1. Orphans
2.Willingness to exploit their children
3.Unemployment of elders

23. Cont.
4. Parents illiteracy
5. Ineffective enforcement of rules
6. Seen as a cheap labour

24. Consequences
1. Phisical Injuries and multilations
2. Poisoning to body
3. Growth Deficiency

25. Cont.
4. Long term health problem
5. HIV/AIDS or other STD
6.Exhaution and malnutrition

26. How to stop
1. More Employment
2. Education
3. Strict impliment of rules banning child
labour

27. Cont.
4. Strong implementation of right to
education rule
5. Take initiatives
e.g. MV Foundation

28. LAWS:
1. Article 24 of constitution of India
prohibit child labour
2. Factories act 1948
3.Mines Act 1952

29. Cont.
4. Orrisa child labour (prohobotion and
regulation) rule 1994
5.Right of child to free and complsury
education act 2009
6. Child labour (prohibition & regulation)
act 1986

30. Thank you

31. References
1. www.wikipedia.com
2. http://www.friendsofsbt.org/statistics
3. http://www.tnchildlabour.tn.gov.in/causes.htm
4. http://rishikeshydv.blogspot.in/2012/06/child-labour-in-
india.html
5. www.google.com