Child Labour in India
| CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA
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INTRODUCTION
Child Labour, consisting of children below 14 years of age, is defined by the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Child labour is a universal problem and as a citizen of India we must strive to take stern actions against child labour.
Who Is a Child Labour?
Children are the greatest gift to humanity and the same gift is being misused for personal gains as child labour..
person who has not completed his 14th year of age ,such person engaged for wages, whether in cash or in kind, is a child worker.
Child labour is more a rural phenomenon than an urban phenomenon. Due to acute poverty poor families residing in rural areas send their children to urban areas for bread and butter.
Different Sectors
In India children are employed both in organized and unorganized sectors in rural and urban areas of which 90 percent is in rural areas.
Children are engaged in activities like so wing,weeding, harvesting, tending of cattle, shoe-polishing, rag picking, beedi making, construction activities, hotel sand restaurants work, helper at garages, households and soon.
PROBLEMS OF CHILD LABOUR
Victims of many diseases(Phossy Jaw,Cancer etc,.)
They are preferred to adult workers as children are less aware of their rights, accept dangerous work, more obedient and easier to exploit | | | | |
Child labour
Child labour.docx (Size: 80.97 KB / Downloads: 7)
Child labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many countries. Child labour was employed to varying extents through most of history, but entered public dispute with the advent of universal schooling, with changes in working conditions during the industrial revolution, and with the emergence of the concepts of workers' andchildren's rights.
In many
CHILD LABOUR(harish).pptx (Size: 2.57 MB / Downloads: 17)
INTRODUCTION
Child Labour, consisting of children below 14 years of age, is defined by the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Child labour is a universal problem and as a citizen of India we must strive to take stern actions against child labour.
Who Is a Child Labour?
Children are the greatest gift to humanity and the same gift is being misused for personal gains as child labour..
person who has not completed his 14th year of age ,such person engaged for wages, whether in cash or in kind, is a child worker.
Child labour is more a rural phenomenon than an urban phenomenon. Due to acute poverty poor families residing in rural areas send their children to urban areas for bread and butter.
Different Sectors
In India children are employed both in organized and unorganized sectors in rural and urban areas of which 90 percent is in rural areas.
Children are engaged in activities like so wing,weeding, harvesting, tending of cattle, shoe-polishing, rag picking, beedi making, construction activities, hotel sand restaurants work, helper at garages, households and soon.
PROBLEMS OF CHILD LABOUR
Victims of many diseases(Phossy Jaw,Cancer etc,.)
They are preferred to adult workers as children are less aware of their rights, accept dangerous work, more obedient and easier to exploit | | | | |
Child labour
Child labour.docx (Size: 80.97 KB / Downloads: 7)
Child labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many countries. Child labour was employed to varying extents through most of history, but entered public dispute with the advent of universal schooling, with changes in working conditions during the industrial revolution, and with the emergence of the concepts of workers' andchildren's rights.
In many