CHILD LABOUR ACT

AND AMENDMENTS

GUNJAN GANNA
SIMRAN SHARMA
CHILD LABOUR ACT

• The Act came in force from 23rd December,1986

• An Act to prohibit the engagement of children
in certain employments and to regulate the
conditions of work of children in certain other
employment.
• Prohibition of employment of children in
certain occupations and processes

• No child shall be employed or permitted to

work in :

• Transport, Catering or Construction by

railways.
• Firecracker Shop.
• Slaughter House.
• Automobile Workshop/garages
• Handloom
• Mines
• Plastic units and fibreglass workshop
• Domestic servants
• Tea shops, resorts, spas or other recreational
Causes of Child Labour

• Poverty
• Over Population
• Unemployment of elders
• Children are cheap source of labour
• Parental Illiteracy
• Existing laws or codes of conduct are often
violated
• Worker’s rights are repressed
National Child Labour

• Constitutional and legislative provisions

providing protection to children against
employment has been elaborated in the
National Child Labour Policy.
• Legislative plan
• Focuses on general development programmes
• Project based action for highly concentrated
child labour areas.
Children less than 18 year old

• Similar to slavery or practices such as sale or

trafficking of children, debt bondage and
serfdom, use for armed conflicts
• Prostitution
• Drugs
• Work production harming health, safety and
morals of children
Recommendation no 190 in 1999

• Exposes children to physical, psychological or

sexual abuse.
• Work underground. Under water, at a
dangerous height or in confined places
• Working with dangerous machinery, equipmnts
and tools, or transport of heavy loads
• Work in unhealthy environment
• Working under extreme conditions
Other Constitutional Provisions

• 21 A – Right to education
• 24 – Prohibition oF Employment Of Children’s in
factories.
• 39 – The state shall in Particular direct in
policy towards securing.
Role of Organizations in
Fighting Child Labour
• The international programme on the
elimination of Child Labour (IPECL)
• The International Labour Organization (ILO) in
1991
• India was among the first to sign the MOU

• Famous conventions are the Minimum Age

convention and the Worst Forms of Child
convention
Child Labour Statistics

• 215 million in child labour, globally

115 million of these children in
hazardous work
• 61% in Asia
• 32% in Africa
• 7% in Latin America
• 1% in US and Canada
Case Study

• Child Labour At Home

• Case Study on Sivakasi fireworks
industry
• Case Study Of Sangrur And Barnala
District
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