RESEARCH SUMMARY CHILD L ABOUR IN INDIA Economics of Child Labour A case study of the glass bangle industry BACKGROUND Child Labour The glass manufacturing industry in Ferozabad‚ Uttar Pradesh‚ produces bangles‚ utensils‚ bulbs‚ decorative articles etc. The glass industry has been classified as hazardous and the employment of child labour (children below age 14 years) in it is prohibited. However‚ available research and literature indicated that child labour was concentrated mainly
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Child Labour Child labour is one of the topic that presents strong emotions‚ beliefs and opinions. Most people are opposed to the involvement of children in labour force activities when they are at an age when other activities‚ such as education and play‚ should be the central role in development. However‚ child labour represents an extremely difficult and complex issue which often extends beyond emotions‚ beliefs and opinions. Much of this has to do with the understanding that a wide variety
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hild 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. Childlabour was utilized 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’ and children’s rights . Seventy-three million children
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CHILD LABOUR What is child labor? Children working under age of 5-14‚ are known as child laborers. This social evil is continuously going on strengthening its roots in our society. Can we eliminate child labor? Though it is a desirable goal the fact remains that in the given socio-economic scenario that is prevalent in our country‚ it is virtually impossible to do away with child labor. One cannot dispute the fact that employers exploit children by paying them much less than what they would pay
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CHILD MARRIAGE IN INDIA: Definition: Child marriage means that two children are forced to marry each other with the consent of the two families. The children are forced into the institution of marriage without knowing about its significance in the long run. Though parents are of the opinion that they involve their children in such rituals because it is an age old custom and it will also secure the future of their children but the reality is not so. Though in some cases parents believe in such superstitions
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Child Labour Defination Wordsworth has said: “The child is father or the man.” Children are our future. Now when they are so important‚ we must realize what are doing for them. Have we succeeded in providing them the basic necessities of life such as education and health care? Although the government NGOs and other organizations are busy in solving the problem of child labour yet nothing seems to have come out of their work. Poverty is the main case of this failure. The poor parents are
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wants to have children in the future? I know this question comes to you early but there are no right and wrong answers here. I‚ too‚ want to have sons and daughters in the future. I want them to enjoy all the simplest‚ craziest and funniest things a child can enjoy – for instances‚ to play‚ to learn and to sing– like I did when I was young. However‚ coming from a developing country myself‚ I know that not all children achieved these “hopes” of mine. Imagine your younger brothers and/or sisters‚ cousins
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Child Labour What is it? Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood‚ interferes with their ability to attend regular school‚ and that is mentally‚ physically‚ socially‚ it is dangerous and harmful.[ When did it start? In the late 1700’s and early 1800’s‚ powerdriven machines replaced hand labour for the making of most manufactured items. Factories began to spring up everywhere‚ first in England and then in the United States. The owners
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(United Nations Children’s Fund) defines child labor as “work that exceeds a minimum number of hours‚ depending on the age of a child and on the type of work.” According to UNICEF‚ 158 million children‚ ages ranging from 5 to 14‚ are engaged in child labor. Many face life-threatening jobs‚ such as coal mining‚ metalwork‚ and other work that involve contact with pesticides‚ highly toxic chemicals‚ and sexually transmitted diseases. International Labour Organisation (ILO) states that‚ “the total
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children upto 14yrs in the workforce is 12626505 = 12.62 millions = child labour in 2001 (graph) 11% of the workforce of india is child labour. One in every 10 workers in India is a child! If you allocate a tenth of India’s GDP to this share you can see India’s Child Labour has a stake in India’s GDP POINTS TO PONDER: 1) In practice‚ however‚ the poverty argument does not hold water. Precisely the opposite is true: child labor maintains poverty. Because children are easy to exploit and are
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