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Child Labour : A Bane For India's Progress
Pradeep Kumar Deepak ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-sonnet-5-5This paper discusses why child labour has developed in India and describes it as an obstacle to the country's progress. It links child labour to poverty and says it harms children's health, education and overall development. It lists industries where children under 14 work, such as cracker manufacturing, diamond polishing and carpet weaving, often in poor conditions with long hours and low pay. It notes that official and NGO estimates of the number of child labourers differ widely.
Key points
- Child labour is widely associated with poverty.
- It deprives children of childhood and dignity and harms their health, education and development.
- Children under 14 are said to work in cracker making, diamond polishing, carpet weaving, brassware, glass and bangle making and mica cutting.
- Child workers are said to face subhuman conditions, long hours and very low pay.
- The Government of India reports about 17.36 million child labourers, while NGOs estimate about 44 million.
Limitations
Only a short abstract is available, so the methods, data sources and the analysis of the causes of child labour cannot be assessed. It does not evaluate any intervention or give evidence on solutions.
Abstract
This paper attempts to clarify the grass-root reasons for the evolution of the Childlabour, which is a bane for India's progress. As we know that the children are human resource of our country. The children of today are the future of tomorrow. If human resources of our country of our country fell easy prey to Child-labour, then what will be the use of our abundant natural resources! Child-labour has been widely associated with poverty that deprives them of their childhood and dignity and is detrimental to their health, education and all round development of their personality. <div> <br> </div> <div> As a matter of fact, Child-labour is one of the serious hurdles on the path of human development of India. Children under the age of 14 are forced to work in industries Such as :-cracker manufacturing, diamond polishing, carpet weaving, brassware industry, glass and bangle making, mica cutting and so on. The employees exploit child workers by forcing them to work in subhuman conditions with long working hours and extremely low pay. While the Government of India reports about 17.36 million child labourers, other non-governmental organizations estimate the figure at much higher level of 44 million.! Truly, this is a matter of great concern that India continues to host the largest number of child labourers in the world. Thus, the problem of child-labour continues to pose challenges before the nation. </div>