Child Labour

Blog on : CHILD LABOUR Author : Divyanshu Singh Child labour Nearly 1 in 10 children are subjected to child labour worldwide, with some forced into hazardous work through trafficking. A significant proportion of children in India are engaged in child labour. In 2011, the national census of India found that the total number of child labourers, aged [5–14], to be at 10.12 million, out of the total of 259.64 million children in that age group.The child labour problem is not unique to India; worldwide, about 217 million children work, many full-time. The term 'child labour', suggests ILO,[21] is best defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development. Interferes with their schooling by depriving them of the opportunity to attend school; obliging them to leave school prematurely; or requiring them to attempt to combine school attendance with excessively long and heavy work. UNICEF defin...