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Child Labour

Quick Points to Remember
• Children in the age group 5-14 years are engaged in hazardous works
• Child labour is banned under Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act
1986
• 2011 census reports 10.1 million child labourers
• CHILDLINE 24-hour child helpline number started

Introduction
Engaging children under 14 years of age in any kind of job at the cost of their
education is child labour. Some of these jobs affect their health, their growth and
make them physically and mentally weaker. Child labour is banned in India and yet
UNICEF reports that India has the highest number of child labourers.

Recent Issues
• The census survey in India is conducted after every 10 years. As per 2011
census, there were 10.1 million child labourers in our country. This figure
although declined by 20% as compared to 2001 census yet the numbers are
a cause of worry.
• Most of the child labourers are from rural areas. Lack of adequate resources,
illiteracy and financial pressure on families forces them to give up their
education and start working at an early age.
• In urban areas, children are mostly working in shops and domestic
households.
• Child labourers in India are in fact working in hazardous industries like
chemical factories, cracker factories, cigarette factories etc which are said to
be the worst form of child labour.
• The agricultural sector is said to have the maximum number of child
labourers in India.

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