child labour in india thesis

Analysis of Child Labour in India

17 Pages Posted: 6 Sep 2022 Last revised: 1 May 2024

Shreyansh Anand

Independent.

Date Written: August 10, 2022

Children are the greatest gift to humanity. Childhood is an important stage of human development, because it holds the potential of the future of any society. Children all over the world are engaged in a great number of activities known as work. These activities can be like helping in family members at home to physically dangerous and morally objectionable activity. Child Labour is a complex and a controversial issue it is a problem faced by us from many decades and is a challenge for many developing countries and developed countries of the world. Many countries have enacted various laws and have taken serious steps to eradicate child labour, yet is still a widespread problem throughout the world. India is not an exception. As per the report, India ranks among the top nations of the world for the employment of child labour. The cause of child labour in India is a very complex and deep-rooted issue. Poverty is the main cause of child labour in India and child labour in India is found in both urban and rural areas. Although many poor families struggle for a better life and this forces the children of these families to do work in order to increase the family income and become a bread earner of his family. Like other countries of the world, India has laws on child labour in order to bring reform and end all forms of child labour in the country, but the ground reality is still very different in nature. The objective of this paper is to make a critical analysis of child labour in India.

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Child Labour in India: Causes and Consequences

2019, International Journal of Science and Research IJSR)

This paper focuses on various concepts and studies associated with child labour, their socioeconomic issues, the World and Indian scenario of child labour. It analyses the driving factors responsible for child labour in India and World. The various forms of child labour and health hazards they are faced. Various causes of child labour like the curse of poverty, lack of educational resources, Social and economic backwardness, Addiction, disease or disability, The lure of cheap labour, Family tradition, Discrimination between boys and girls. Consequences of Child Labour such as General child injuries and abuses like cuts, burns, and lacerations, fractures, tiredness and dizziness, excessive fears and nightmares. Sexual abuse, particularly sexual exploitation of girls by adults, rape, prostitution, early and unwanted pregnancy, abortion, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and HIV/AIDS, drugs and alcoholism. Physical abuse involves corporal punishment, emotional maltreatment such as blaming, belittling, verbal attacks, and bad remarks. Emotional neglect such as deprivation of family love and affection, resulting in loneliness, and hopelessness. Physical neglect like lack of adequate provision of food, clothing, shelter and medical treatment. Lack of schooling results in missing educational qualifications and higher skills thus perpetuating their life in poverty. We suggest for a new approach that puts people and the work they do at the center of economic and social policy and business practice: a human-centered agenda for the future of work.

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