Child Labour in India: A Conceptual and Descriptive Study

Abstract

The issue of child labor is a major concern in India, as early entry into the labor market at an early stage of life means shunning away from proper schooling leading to loss of future and chances of better livelihood. Child labor is a complex problem whose mother is basically poverty. And the entire nation suffers the fatal consequences of this curse of society.Children below the age of fourteen in India as child laborengaged in various types of work, most of which

Child labor in the U.S. is engaged in traditional agriculture, followed by manufacturing, services and repair, and in factories.Nowadays a large number of people in urban areas are using children as domestic workers. In which the work of children is completely unregulated and they often have to live like food, and very low wages, conditions of slavery, in addition to those domestic child laborers there is also physical abuse, sexual and emotional abuse. For domestic work, people argue that families have kept their children in their homes for care and employment.Elimination of child labor is a priority and is being implemented at the grassroots level. A large number of non-governmental and voluntary organizations are involved in this process along with national and international organizations.In this paper we intend to give the scenario in which child labor increases and the various challenges arising due to this particular problem have also been described in detail. Necessary efforts are proposed to overcome these problemsIn this, the efforts being made by the government to solve this serious social problem through various laws are also mentioned in detail. In the end we conclude that the proposed solution is found to be capable of overcoming the challenges that have arisen due to child labour.