TITTLE: CHILD LABOUR
Author: Khushi Solanki
Literature review:
1 A report on domestic work provides detailed information on the estimated number of child domestic workers worldwide. It also explores as well as the vulnerability to violence and abuse to which child is forced
2 More than 160 million children are in child labour and 28 million people are in forced labour
3 Child labour refers to the exploitation of children through any forms of work that deprives them of their childhood
4 Child labourers are working in very large and alarming numbers in the iron-ore and granite mines in the region of Karnataka state Labour laws says that children below the age of fourteen should not be employed in any hazardous activities.
5 Though there is a large literature on the determinants of child labour and many initiatives aimed there is limited child labour for socioeconomic outcomes such as education, occupational choice, wages, and health.
6 This paper examines the effect of child labour on child health outcomes in Bangladesh. Using the Bangladesh National Child Labour Survey data for 2002-2003, the results reveal that child labour
7 In the world poorest countries around one in four children are engaged in child labour. Globally the child labour rate remains very high .
8 Child labour is a complex problem that is basically rooted in poverty. The government is quite committed to the cause of controlling and eliminating child labour from India. India has all along followed a proactive policy with respect to the problem of child labour.
9 Child labour remains a pressing concern in the world today. According to estimates from the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) there were 215 million children child labourers in 2008, almost, worked under hazardous conditions
10 India has five million working children which is more than two percent of the total child population in the age group. Despite existence socio-economic situations ranging from dearth of poverty, over–fertility, non-responsive education system to poor access in financial services adversely affect of children and keep them in work field.
11 Conclusion: The issue of child labour has been around for century’s .The migrants are forced to have their children work for the family so that they get some money and they can survive for their family, Hence Child labour should be banned in all the country.