child labour in India
1.The UNCRC was instituted in 1991 to specifically counter this abuse
2. Are highly detrimental to their welfare
3. in certain particular context, work formed a part of the training process of the child and prepared him for adult life and did not involve exploitation. ( Weiner, M. 1991)
4. In India there is law that children under the age of 18 should not work but, there is no outright ban on child labor, and the practice is generally permitted in most industries except those deemed "hazardous". Although a law in October 2006 banned child labor in hotels, restaurants, and as domestic servants, there continues to be high demand for children as hired help in the home. Current estimates as to the number of child laborers in the country range from the government's conservative estimate of 12 million children under 13 years of age to the much higher estimates of children's rights activists, which hover around 60 million.
5. India has no outright ban on child labor, and had long allowed the employment of children under 14 in all but what are deemed "hazardous" occupations.( New York times)
Young children are in as great a demand as ever as maids and nannies. "Because of the booming economy and the spread of the nuclear family, we've seen a rise in demand for domestic help, at a time when it's becoming more expensive to employ people," said Surina Rajan of the International Labor Organization. "So families are looking for a cheaper option."
They list the advantages of sending a child into service: The child, they promise, will do a bit of light housework, learn city ways, which will enhance her marriage prospects, and send back monthly earnings. Often recruiters are met with gratitude. Despite reports of abuse of children by employers and the failure of agents to send back the children's wages, parents remain susceptible to the agents' key argument that sending the child away to work will guarantee them a better life than staying in the village.
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2. Are highly detrimental to their welfare
3. in certain particular context, work formed a part of the training process of the child and prepared him for adult life and did not involve exploitation. ( Weiner, M. 1991)
4. In India there is law that children under the age of 18 should not work but, there is no outright ban on child labor, and the practice is generally permitted in most industries except those deemed "hazardous". Although a law in October 2006 banned child labor in hotels, restaurants, and as domestic servants, there continues to be high demand for children as hired help in the home. Current estimates as to the number of child laborers in the country range from the government's conservative estimate of 12 million children under 13 years of age to the much higher estimates of children's rights activists, which hover around 60 million.
5. India has no outright ban on child labor, and had long allowed the employment of children under 14 in all but what are deemed "hazardous" occupations.( New York times)
Young children are in as great a demand as ever as maids and nannies. "Because of the booming economy and the spread of the nuclear family, we've seen a rise in demand for domestic help, at a time when it's becoming more expensive to employ people," said Surina Rajan of the International Labor Organization. "So families are looking for a cheaper option."
They list the advantages of sending a child into service: The child, they promise, will do a bit of light housework, learn city ways, which will enhance her marriage prospects, and send back monthly earnings. Often recruiters are met with gratitude. Despite reports of abuse of children by employers and the failure of agents to send back the children's wages, parents remain susceptible to the agents' key argument that sending the child away to work will guarantee them a better life than staying in the village.
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