Peer-reviewed article
AN OVERVIEW ON CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA
Rajmohan R. Pillai, R. Sivakumar ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This overview examines child labour in India as a violation of children's fundamental rights. The document notes that despite increases in school enrolment and literacy rates since the 1980s, child labour remains a significant problem in the country. Children engaged in labour are denied rights to survival, education, development, play, and protection from harm.
Key points
- Child labour violates multiple rights including survival, development, education, leisure, play, and protection from abuse
- School enrolment and literacy rates have increased since the 1980s
- Child labour persists as a significant phenomenon in India despite educational improvements
Limitations
This is a brief overview that does not provide quantitative data on the prevalence of child labour, describe specific interventions, or analyse causes and solutions in depth. The document does not specify which sectors, regions, or age groups are most affected.
Abstract
Child labour is a concrete manifestation of violations of a range of rights of Children or Working children. They are denied of their right to survival, development, education, leisure, play, adequate standard of living, opportunity for developing personality, talents, mental and physical abilities and protection from abuse and neglect. Notwithstanding the increase in the Enrolment of children in elementary schools and increase in literacy rates since 1980‘s, child labour continues to be a significant phenomenon in India.