Peer-reviewed article
The Magnitude of Child Labour in Karnataka
G Shivagami, T Rajendra Prasad ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This paper examines child labour in Karnataka, India. It identifies economic hardship among families and adult unemployment as primary drivers of child labour. The document notes that employers prefer child workers because they are easier to manage, less aware of their rights, and do not organize collectively. The paper uses a definition of child labour that focuses on work interfering with children's physical development and education.
Key points
- Economic compulsions of parents and widespread adult unemployment are main reasons for child labour
- Employers hire children because they are easier to manage, less aware of rights, and less likely to complain or unionize
- Child labour is defined as work that interferes with physical development and access to education
Limitations
The document provided is only an introduction or excerpt and does not present the actual magnitude data, findings, or methodology of the study. It cannot tell us the scale of child labour in Karnataka, its regional variation, affected sectors, or evidence-based recommendations for intervention.
Abstract
In all societies irrespective of caste, race or area children occupied a very important position. A Child is the bud of future citizen of a country. Child labour is necessitated by economic compulsions of the parents and in many cases of the children. Widespread unemployment and underemployment among the adult poor are the main reason which has given rise to child labour. The major reason for hiring children viz., children’s are easier to manage because they are less aware of rights, less complaining, more trust worthy, less troublesome and no problems of unions. Helmer Folkas, the chairman of National Child Labour Committee defined child labour as “any work of children that interferes with full physical development of their opportunity for a desirable minimum of education.