CHILD LABOUR AND LOST OF CHILDHOOD OF SMALL CHILDREN OF LOST SPRING

CHILD LABOUR PROJECT FOR CLASS 12

1. ENGLISH PROJECT
-BY SAHIL KHAN
And akshatpal

2. CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA
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3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY SINCERE AND HEARTFELT OBLIGATION TOWARDS ALL
THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED ME IN MAKING THIS PROJECT. WITHOUT THEIR ACTIVE
GUIDANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THIS
PROJECT.
I AM EXTREMELY THANKFUL AND PAY MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO MY TEACHER
“MRS.SHABANA HUSSAIN MAM” FOR HER VALUABLE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT
FOR COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT.

4. CERTIFICATE
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE PROJECT WORK ON ‘CHILD
LABOUR IN INDIA’ BASED ON THE CURRICULUM OF CBSE
HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY SAHIL KHAN and akshatpal
OF CLASS-XII ‘A’ OF KENDRIYA VIDHYALAYA NO.3 ,
GWALIOR.
THE ABOVE PROJECT WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED UNDER
GUIDANCE OF “MRS. SHABANA HUSSAIN” DURING THE
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-23

5. OBJECTIVES
IT AIMS AT THE EXPULSION OF CHILD LABOUR IN ALL
FORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH A SEQUENTIAL BASIS OF
IDENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN IN CHILD LABOUR AND TO
PROHIBI THE ENGAGEMENT OF CHILDREN IN THE PROJECT
AREA. PREPARATION OF THE WITHDRAWN CHILDREN FOR
INTRODUCTION TO MAINSTREAM EDUCATION BY PROVIDING
NECESSARY VPCATIONAL TRAINING.

6. WHAT IS CHILD LABOUR ?
CHILDREN WHO ARE ENGAGED IN WORK UNSUITABLE FOR
THEIR CAPACITIES AS CHILDEN OR IN WORK THAT MAY
JEOPARDIZE THEIR HEALTH,EDUCATION OR MORAL
DEVELOPMENT AND WHOSE AGE IS BELOW 14 YEARS.
CHILDREN WHO PRACTICE AND ENGAGE IN ECONOMIC
ACTIVITIES,ON A PART OR FULL-TIME BASIS.

7. CHILD LABOUR:CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES
CAUSES OF CHILD LABOUR:-
1.POVERTY
2.LACK OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
3.INEQUALITY IN TERMS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
4.TRADITION IN THE FAMILY
5.ADDICTION,DISEASE OR DISABILITY

8. CONSEQUENCESOF CHILD LABOUR
CHILD LABOUR CAN RESULT IN EXTREME BODILY
AND MENTAL HARM, AND EVEN DEATH. IT CAN
LEAD TO SLAVERY AND SEXUAL OR ECONOMIC
EXPLOITATION.AND IN NEARLY EVERY CASE,IT
CUTS CHILDREN OFF FROM SCHOOLING AND
HEALTH CARE,RESTRICTING THEIR FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHTS AND THREATNING THEIR FUTURES .

9. DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES WHERE THEY ARE
EMPLOYED
DIAMOND INDUSTRY
BANGLE MAKING INDUSTRY
FIREWORK OR CRACKERS
CARPET WEAVING

10. CHILD LABORING IN DIAMOND AND BANGLE
MAKING INDUSTRY

11. CHILD LABOURING IN FIREWORK INDUSTRY AND IN
CARPET WEAVING

12. HAZARDOUS WORKING CONDITION AND KIND OF
INJURIES AND DISEASES THEY SUFFER FROM
HAZARDOUS CHILD LABOUR IS WORK IN DANGEROUS OR UNHEALTHY CONDITIONS
THAT COULD RESULT IN A CHILD BEING KILLED, OR INJURED OR MADE ILL AS
ACONSEQUENCE OF POOR SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS AND WORKING
ARRANGEMENTS. IT CAN RESULT IN PERMANENT DISABILITY, ILL HEALTH AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE. OFTEN HEALTH PROBLEMS CAUSED BY BEING ENGAGED IN
CHILD LABOUR MAY NOT DEVELOP OR SHOW UP UNTIL THE CHILD IS AN ADULT.
CHILD LABOUR IS THE LARGEST CATEGORY OF THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOUR
WITH AN ESTIMATED 79MILLION CHILDREN, AGED 5-17,WORKING IN DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS IN A WIDE RANGE OF SECTORS, INCLUDING
AGRICULTURE,MINING,MANUFACTURING ,AS WELL AS IN HOTEL, BARS,
RESTAURENTS, MARKETS, AND DOMESTIC SERVICE. IT IS FOUND IN BOTH
INDUSTRIALISED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. GIRLS AND BOYS OFTEN START
CARRYING OUT HAZARDOUS WORK AT EARLY AGES

13. INITIATIVE AGAINST CHILD LABOUR BY
INDIAN GOVERMENT:-
IN 1979, THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FORMED THE FIRST STATUTORY COMMITTEE TO
ANALYSE AND RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE OF CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA –THE
GURUPADSWAMY COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE WAS ALSO TASKED WITH MAKING
CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS TO CURB CHILD LABOUR. THE COMMITTEE STUDIED
THE PROBLEM IN GREAT DETAIL AND MADE SOME TRULY INSIGHTFUL
RECOMMENDATIONS.ONE OF THEIR MAJOR OBSERVATIONS WAS THAT THE PROBLEM
OF CHILD LABOUR IS INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO POVERTY.
IN MAY OF 2015 ,A MAJOR AMENDMENT WAS MADE TO THIS ACT WHICH STIPULATED
THAT CHILDREN BETWEEN 5-14 YEARS ARE NOT TO BE EMPLOYED IN ANY
OCCUPATION. BUT MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF CHILD RIGHT ACTIVISTS, WHO
SOUGHT A BLANKET BAN ON CHILD LABOUR,THE AMENDMENT ALSO MANDATED THAT
CHILDREN MAY BE ALLOWED TO WORK IN NON-HAZARDOUS FAMILY ENTERPRISES.

14. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION
CHILD LABOUR IS A VIOLATION OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND HAS
BEEN SHOWN TO HINDER CHILDRENS DEVELOPMENT ,POTENTIALLY LEADING
TO LIFELONG PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE.EVIDENCE POINTS TO A
STRONG LINK BETWEEN HOUSEHOLD POVERTY AND CHILD LABOUR,AND CHILD
LABOUR PERPETUATES POVERTY ACROSS GENERATIONS BY KEEPING THE
CHILDREN OF THE POOR OUT OF SCHOOL AND LIMITING THEIR PROSPECTS
FOR UPWARD SOCIAL MOBIILITY. THIS LOWERING OF HUMAN CAPITAL HAS
BEEN LINKED TO SLOW ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
RECENT ILO STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THE ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOUR
IN TRANSITION AND DEVELOPING ECONOMIES COULD GENERATE ECONOMIC
BENEFITS MUCH GREATER THAN THE COSTS,WHICH ARE MOSTLY ASSOCIATED
WITH INVESTMENT IN BETTER SCHOOLING AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

15. SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGE IN INDIA
SOS CHILDEN’S VILLAGE PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE FAMILIES TO CHILDREN WITHOUT
ADEQUATE PARENTAL CARE.CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT AGES AND BACKGROUND LIVE
TOGETHER IN A HOUSE WITH A FULL-TIME PARENT, USUALLY A WOMAN WHO SERVES AS
THE CHILDREN’S PARENT. THERE ARE USUALLY 6 TO 15 HOUSE IN A TYPICAL SOS VILLAGE.
IN ADDITION TO THE VILLAGES, THE ORGANISATION ALSO RUNS A WHOLE RANGE OF
PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES TO SUPPORT SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED AND IMPOVERISHED
FAMILIES THROUGH ITS SUBSIDIZED KINDERGARTENS ,PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
SCHOOLS, YOUTH FACILITIES, SOCIAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS, AND EMERGENCY
RESPONSE RELIEF OPERATIONS. IN 2017, OVER 85,000 CHILDREN AND YOUTHS ARE
RAISED IN 572 SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES AND OVER 700 SOS YOUTH FACILITIES.ANOTHER
3.8 MILLION CHILDREN AND ADULTS RECEIVED SERVICES FROM THEIR OTHER PROGRAMS.
SOS RELIES ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM GOVERMENTS AND PRIVATE DONORS. IN 2017,THE
ORGANIZATION’S 350 INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIP CONTRACTS TOTALED MORE THAN 31
MILLION IN INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS IMPLENTED. FUNDING FROM FOUNDATIONS AND
LOTTERIES TOTALED NEARLY 48 MILLION, AND CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS PROVIDED
MORE THAN 49 MILLION IN SUPPORT FOR SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES GLOBALLY.

16. THE CHILD LABOUR PROHIBITION AND REGULATION ACT ,1986
THE CHILD LABOUR ACT,1986 PROHIBITS CHILDREN FROM WORKING IN
HAZARDOUS EMPLOYMENT. THE ACT HAS BANNED CERTAIN
EMPLOYMENTS IN ORDER TO PREVENT CHILDREN FROM BEING
EXPLOITED. THE ACT LAYS DOWN PROVISIONS FOR CHILD EMPLOYMENT
AND CONDITIONS WHICH HAS TO BE FULFILLED BY THE EMPLOYER OF
THE CHILD EMPLOYEE. IT LAYS DOWN WORKING CONDITIONS,MAXIMUM
HOURS OR PERIOD OF WORK, SAFETY MEASURES TO BE TAKEN BY THE
EMPLOYER,ETC. THE GOVERNMENT CAN ALTER OR ADD PROVISIONS TO
THE ACT BY GIVING NOTIFICATION ABOUT IT TO THE CHILD LABOUR
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IF IT IS FOUND THAT THE EMPLOYER
IS EMPLOYING A CHILD IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE
ACT THEN, SUCH EMPLOYER WILL BE LIABLE FOR PUNISHMENT WHICH
INCLUDES IMPRISONMENT OR FINE OR BOTH.

17. STATISTICS SHOWING CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA
A GLANCE AT THE
PERCENTAGE OF CHILD
WORKERS IN THE TOTAL 6
TO 13 YEARS POPULATION
REVEALS THAT AS MANY
AS 3.48 % OF THE TOTAL
POPULATION IN THIS AGE
GROUP WAS CLASSED AS
CHILD WORKERS.

18. STATISTICS

19. WAYS TO ELIMINATE CHILD LABOUR
CHILD LABOUR IS AN UNFORGIVABLE CRIME THAT ROBS CHILDREN OF THEIR CHILDHOOD
DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT EFFORTS AND STRINGENT LAWS, THIS SOCIAL EVIL
CONTINUES TO PREVAIL IN OUR SOCIETY. CHILD LABOUR HINDERS THE GROWTH AND
PROGRESS OF A CHILD AND IMPEDES AN ENTIRE NATION’S THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. THEREFORE, WE OUGHT TO COME TOGETHER AND CHANNELIZE OUR
EFFORTS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO STOP CHILD LABOUR.
HERE ARE SOME WAYS TO STOP CHILD LABOUR:-
BE VIGILANT
WHILE SHOPPING AT A LOCAL MARKET OR EATING AT A NEARBY RESTAURENT, BE VIGILANT.
IF YOU NOTICE ANY CHILD WORKING AS A CHILD LABOURER, INFORM LOCAL AUTHORITIES
OR CALL CHILDLINE 1098.
KNOW YOUR LAWS
UNDERSTANDING THE CONSTITUTION AND ITS ROLE IN CHILD PROTECTION IS AN ESSENTIAL
STEP TOWARDS PREVENTING CHILD LABOUR. ONCE YOU ARE AWARE OF THE LAWS, YOU
ARE WELL-EQUIPPED TO TACKLE THE MENACE AND WARN THE INDIVIDUALS HIRING CHILD .

20. MINDFUL CONSUMER
BEFORE GOING SHOPPING,RESEARCH THE BRANDS THAT ASSURE NO CHILDREN WERE
EMPLOYED WHILE MAKING THE PRODUCTS. SO,WHEN YOU GO SHOPPING AT A LOCAL
STORE OR MARKET YOU CAN BUY PRODUCTS ONLY FROM SUCH BRANDS.
EDUCATION AND AWARENESS
EDUCATING PEOPLE,ESPECIALLY BUSINESSMEN AND EMPLOYERS, ABOUT THE ILL
EFFECTS CAN HELP PREVENT CHILD LABOUR. TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE IMPACT OF
CHILD LABOUR ON CHILDREN’S MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND HOW IT CAN
AFFECT THEIR FUTURE. ALSO, INFORM THEM ABOUT THE LAWS AND THEIR
PENALTIES.

21. QUESTIONS TO BE RAISED
CHILD LABOUR A CONCERN RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION OR
LABOUR WELFARE ?
SHOULD CHILD LABOUR EMPLOYMENT TO BE A COGNIZABLE OFFENCE ?
CAN EMPLOYMENT OF A CHILD AS DOMESTIC HELPER BE JUSTIFIED ON
THE GROUNDS OF POVERTY AND THUS, THEIR NEED TO ADD TO FAMILY
INCOME ?
SHOULD WE BE ALLOCATING MORE FUNDS TO STOP THIS EVIL ?
WHAT OTHER STEPS CAN BE TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THIS
REGARD ?

22. CONCLUSION
IT IS TIME TO CONSIGN CHILD LABOUR TO THE HISTORY BOOKS AND TO
ALLOW ALL CHILDREN TO REALISE THEIR RIGHTS. CHILD LABOUR IS A
FACT OF LIFE FOR CHILDREN AND IT IS AN ISSUE THAT EFFECT OF ALL
US IN MANY COUNTRY. IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERYONE TO CONTRIBUTE
TO THE STOP CHILD LABOUR-GOVERMENTS TRADE
UNIONS,BUSINESS,INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES
EMPLOYERS ,PARENTS,CHILDREN AND YOU. THE MAIN KEY TO
ELIMINATE CHILD LABOUR IS POLITICAL MOBILATION AND PRACTICAL
ACTION.

23. REFERENCES
http://labour.gov.in/content/division
www.scconline.com
www.ilo.org
www.prsindia.org

24. THANK YOU !