PROTECTION OF CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA

AUTHOR – SUDHANSHU RAJ¹ & MRS.ADYA PANDEY², STUDENT¹ AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR² AT AMITY UNIVERSITY LUCKNOW UTTAR PRADESH

BEST CITATION – SUDHANSHU RAJ & MRS.ADYA PANDEY, PROTECTION OF CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 4 (1) OF 2024, PG. 1049-1057, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

Abstract

In the current situation, where international community does only grow, the unsolved problem of the childhood slavery is that you see kids working in industry. this essay argues that child labour problem is widely affected by social and economic factors. This piece of writing looks at an overall approach to the root causes shifting from addiction and poverty to illiteracy, lack of education, social and economic upturns and insufficient family income as the basic ones. Children cannot survive the financial hardships, they experience emotional issues being overly stressed, and they are at risk of getting wounded through working. At last, I believe the only reason why child labour was eradicated in our country, India (where governments has laws, governmental as well as non-governmental organizations have activities and communities had campaigns for the protection of child rights and to fight against child labour) was the role they all played. The more recent instances of weak supervisory authorities which have been unable to stop children from working disclose this aspect. The main purposes of any law pertaining to enabling children to work or involving any other forms of commitments by children to any form of employment or work have been to provide the working hours, minimum age of employment, complete physical wellness and general safety to the children. It is the much-awaited Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act of 1986 which is by far the most important of the legislations that we have on child labour, the first one being the Child labour (Pledging of Labour) Act of 1933 and the second one being Employment of Child Act of 1986.