Peer-reviewed article
A Case Study on Child Labour in East Delhi
M Harikrishnan, Mr.Sourabh jain, M Chauhan, Ms. Kriti Pandey ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This paper examines child labour in East Delhi, India. It describes child labour as harmful to children's physical and mental development and identifies key reasons for its prevalence in the region. The study found that lack of awareness, limited education, societal insensitivity, and neglect of observed instances of child labour contribute to the problem. The research aims to characterise the issue rather than evaluate a specific intervention.
Key points
- Child labour deprives children of childhood, potential and dignity
- Lack of awareness identified as a key driver of child labour in East Delhi
- Limited education access contributes to child labour prevalence
- Societal insensitivity and negligence of observed instances enable child labour to persist
- Study examined reasons for child labour prevalence in the region
Limitations
The document provides only an abstract and does not detail the study methodology, sample size, data collection methods, or specific findings with numbers. It is unclear whether this is descriptive research or if any interventions were tested.
Abstract
Child labour deprives children (any person under 18) of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to their physical and/or mental development as per ILO. The present paper caricature the issue of child labour prevelant in the east Delhi region. The different reasons of child labor prevelance were identified to be the lack of awareness, education, insensitivity from the societal member and negligence of instances of child labour which societal members have experienced in their life.