BUSINESS STUDIES PROJECT

ON CHILD LABOUR

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

CHILD LABOUR

GROUP MEMBERS

INTRODUCTION
CHILD HAS BECOME AN
IMPORTANT
SOCIAL ISSUE IN A
DEVELOPING COUNTRY LIKE
INDIA

CHILD LABOUR
Child labour represent
a fundamental abuse of
children rights are a
violation of various laws.
Many working children
are engaged in
occupations that
negatively affect there
physical, mental and
emotional wellbeing and
are below their
minimum age for
employment

SPECIAL FOCUS ON
INDIA

CHILD LABOUR IN
INDIA

According to the amendment in child

labour act 1986, a ban is imposed on
employing children
Age group between 5-14 years
More than 120 million children's around
the world
44million children's in India
U.P. has the highest number of child
labours
More than 80% are employed in villages,
that also in agriculture and non-formal
activities like livestock rearing, fishing etc

CHILD ABUSE
A recent study on Child Abuse: India
2007, conducted by Ministry of
Women and Child development (GOI)
revealed that across different kinds
of abuse, it is young children, in the
5-12 year group, who are most at
risk of abuse and exploitation.

Two out of every three children were physically

PHYSICAL ABUSE
abused.
Out of 69% children physically abused 54.68%
were boys.
Over 50% children were being subjected to
one or the other form of physical abuse
Out of those children physically abused in
family situations, 88.6% were physically abused
by parents.
The State of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and
Delhi have almost consistently reported higher
rates of abuse in all forms as compared to other
states.

SEXUAL ABUSE
53.22% children reported having faced one or
more forms of sexual abuse.
Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Delhi
reported the highest percentage of sexual
abuse among both boys and girls.
21.90% child respondents reported facing
severe forms of sexual abuse and 50.76% other
forms of sexual abuse.
Children in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and
Delhi reported the highest incidence of sexual
assault.
50% abuses are persons known to the child or
in a position of trust and responsibility.

FACTS
According to the Indian census of 1991, there are 11.28
million working children under the age of fourteen years
in India.
Over 85% of this child labour is in the country's rural
areas, working in agricultural activities such as fanning,
livestock rearing, forestry and fisheries
The worlds highest number of working children is in
India. ILO estimates that 218 million children were
involved in child labour in 2004, of which 126 million were
engaged in hazardous work.
Estimates from 2000 study suggest that 5.7 million were
in forced or bonded labour, 1.8 million in prostitution and
pornography and 1.2 million were victims of trafficking. In
India, 1104 lakh children are working as labourers.

 The Hindi belt, including Bihar, Madhya

Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh,
account for 1.27 crore working children in
the country, engaged in both hazardous
and non-hazardous occupations and
processes.
Over 19 lakh child labourers in the 5-14
age group are in Uttar Pradesh. Rajasthan
accounts for over 12.6 lakh workers
followed by Bihar with over 11 lakh and
Madhya Pradesh with 10.6 lakh.
However, according to the 2001 census, in
state-wise distribution of working children
in the 5-14 age group, Andhra Pradesh with
13.6 lakh child labour stands second in the
national list after UP.

REASONS
Poverty

is the main push factor

Parental illiteracy
Absence of universal compulsory Primary
education
Ignorance of the parents about the adverse
consequences of child labour
Ineffective enforcement of the legal
provisionspertaining to child labour
Lack of educational facilities or poor quality of
education
Employers prefer children as they constitute
cheaplabour and they are not able to
organizethemselves against exploitation

LAWS OF CHILD LABOUR

IN INDIA
The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act
1986 prohibits employment of children below the
age of 14 years in any factory or any hazardous
employment
Any person who employs child he is liable for
punishment with imprisonment for 3 month which
can be extended to 1 year or 20,000Rs fine
It Provides free and compulsory education for all
children until they complete the age of 14 years
Many beggar childrens and other similar forms of
forced labour are prohibited and violation of this
provision shall be

an offence punishable in accordance with law

CONSEQUENCES
Adult unemployment
Depreciation in wages
Increased abuse of children
Increased bottlenecks in the
development process
Wasted human resources
Wasted human talents and skills
Suffer injuries and illness from work
Not accessible to education

AWARENESS

Widespread awareness generation to create a

positive climate for children to go to school and
not to work.
Effective utilization of print and electronic media.
Programme are to be conducted on child rights.
Incentive should be given to teachers by way of
Best Teacher Award' for enrolment of child
laborers and dropouts into Formal Schools.
Observance of a specific day as Anti Child
Labour Day. (June 12th is being observed as
Anti Child Labour Day by ILO)

CHILDLINE
Introduction
Started in 1978
Situated all over INDIA
in 73 cities
Started in 1996 in
Mumbai as a CHILD
INDIA FOUNDATION,
Grant Road
Works under CHILD
WELFARE COMMITTEE
(CWC)
Has large networking
system

VISIT TO CHILDLINE

CHILDLINE IN
KALYAN

From last five years in Kalyan

Head In charge - Mr.SHARAD
Toll free no. 1098
Name is AASRA SANSTHA in Kalyan
It covers Dombivli to Badlapur and Kalyan
to Titwala
Last year received 1,30,000 calls
30,000 calls have been fulfilled up till now
Hires Professional Counsellors for child
rehabilitation and to develop them
mentally and socially

WHAT WE CAN DO AS A
PERSON TO STOP CHILD
LABOUR
To donate funds
in NGOs working
?
for the rehabilitation of street

children
To make the rural people aware
about the benefits of education
To provide free education for the
orphans
To contact NGOs and make them
aware about child labour happening
in our society
To start campaign against child
labour.
To help the government to stop
child labour

CONCLUSION
CHILD LABOUR IS A CURSE TO
THE INDIAN SOCIETY AS WELL AS
OUR ECONOMY. ALONG WITH THE
GOVERNMENT WE ALSO HAVE TO
KNOW ABOUT OUR
RESPONSIBILITIES AND SHOULD
TAKE CORRECTIVE MEASURES TO
STOP CHILD LABOUR SO THAT WE
CAN HAVE A BETTER AND
DEVELOPED INDIA

SUBITTED TO PROF.
:MR ANIL TIWARI