Essay on Child Labour Definition The term ‘child labour’, as defined by International Labour Organization (ILO), is the work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development. It refers to work that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to children, … Read more
PROBLEM OF CHILD LABOUR Child labour and its problems are intimately related to the extreme poverty. They belong to the families of total have-nots who do not have any other means to raise their income except the human asset to invest in a bid to supplement it These children as such contribute to the pool … Read more
CHILD LABOUR IS PLAIN SLAVERY Let’s call child labour what it really is 21st century slavery. The very phrase ‘child labour’ fudges the’ issue. It endows the illegal, immoral and unjust practice that violates the rights of our youngest citizens with undeserved legitimacy and societal sanction. If we called it by its real name – … Read more
CHILD LABOUR “India is the largest child labour force market in the world. The problem of child labour in India is of colossal proportions. The notion that children are being exploited and forced into labour, while not receiving education crucial to development, concerns many people. India is the largest example plagued by the problem of … Read more
CHILD LABOUR Child labour is a common feature in India and many other poor countries. It is one of the major evils of urbanization and industrialization. Child labour is engaged not because of shortage of labourers, but due to its easy availability and cheapness. India is over populated and due to this there is wide … Read more
CHILD LABOUR India has the shameful record of having the most number of working children in the world. Though the government likes to believe that there are two million children employed in hazardous industries and occupation, unofficial estimates put the figure at 100 million. In the 1991 census, child labour was counted at 11.28 million, … Read more
CHILD LABOUR Child labour is a common feature in India and many other countries. It is one of the major evils of urbanization and industrialization. Child labour is engaged not because of shortage of labourers, but due to its easy availability and cheapness. In India there is excess of population and labour for which there … Read more
CHILD LABOUR Child labour is the human right issue for the entire world. It is a grave and wide spread social problem. Many children under the age of 14 years in different part of the country do several activities to feed self and family. Child labour is a danger to a child’s mental, physical social, … Read more
CHILD LABOUR Child Labour is a common feature in India and many other poor countries. It is one of the major evils of urbanization and industrialization. Child labour is engaged not because of shortage of labourers, but due to its easy availability and cheapness. India is over populated and due to this there is wide … Read more
Children are the wealth of a nation. They are the citizens of tomorrow. The future prosperity of a nation lies in them. It is they who are going to control and rule the nation in all spheres of its activity. So the prosperity, well-being, and social, economic and moral progress of a nation depends to … Read more
Child Labour in India Children are the wealth of a nation. They are the citizens of tomorrow. The future prosperity of a nation lies in them. It is they who are going to control and rule the nation in all spheres of its activity. So the prosperity, well-being, and social, economic and moral progress of … Read more
Child labour is one of the challenging problems in India. The practice of engaging young children in various sectors of labour is evident. It is astonishing to note that there is staggering figure between 60 and 115 million working children in India perhaps the highest number in the world. It is poverty that draws a … Read more
EDUCATE THE GIRL CHILD A great Vedantist and social revolutionary like Swami Vivekananda stress the need for girl’s education as one of the pillars of the development of our nation. The nation which does not respect women has never become great nor will ever be in future. Manu says where women are respected, the Gods … Read more
THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR Labour has a large number of people in its range. A man repairing a road, one working as a peon or a manager in a bank, a man working as a salesman, a man working on software or hardware in computer, an executive in a joint stock company, a railway driver … Read more