Peer-reviewed article
A Legal Frame Work for Combating Child Labour: A Critical Study with Reference to India.
Dr. A. Narayanaswamy ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examines India's legal framework for addressing child labour. It identifies poverty, parental illiteracy, and industrialisation as drivers of child labour, which prevents children's physical and mental development. The document notes that both international conventions (ILO, UN) and national constitutional provisions and legislation exist to protect children's rights and combat child labour.
Key points
- Child labour prevents physical, mental growth and overall personality development of children
- Poverty, backwardness and parental illiteracy are key drivers of child labour
- Industrialisation and migration have increased children's vulnerability and deprivation of rights
- International instruments including ILO Conventions and UN declarations address child labour
- India has constitutional provisions and separate legislation to regulate child labour and protect children's rights
Limitations
This document is an abstract or introduction that does not present empirical findings, data, or analysis of how effective India's legal framework actually is in combating child labour. It cannot tell us about the actual implementation, enforcement, or impact of these laws.
Abstract
Due to age factor, children are underage or lower age, they are vulnerable and depending upon their parents and guardians for their livelihood. However, due to poverty, backwardness and illiteracy of parents, children have been undergone to vulnerable which leads child labour, exploitation, misuse and abuse of children. Besides, child labour prevents the children from their physical, mental growth and over all personality development. Indeed, children are the assets of society and a well development of future course of society depends upon the children only. Perhaps, industrialization and migration were made children more vulnerable and deprived of their rights. However, it is the obligation of the state and society to protect the rights of children to combat against child labour, because children are also considered as human beings and all human rights are equally applicable to them. Indeed, at the International level Several ILO Conventions, United Nations Human Rights Declarations, Covenants, Conventions and Protocols were adopted to com bat against child labour . Similarly at the national level several Constitutional Provisions, separate Legislations and several Governmental measures are also provided to regulate child labour and protect the rights of children.