A STUDY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CHILD LABOUR POLICIES IN NALGONDA TOWN OF ANDHRA PRADESH

Authors

  • G. Madhukar Assistant Professor(C) ,Faculty of Education, IASE Osmania University, Hyderabad-07

Keywords:

Implementation, Childlabour, Policy, Constitution, Poverty.

Abstract

India is sadly the home to the largest number of child labourers in the world. The census found an increase in the number of child labourers from 11.28 million in 1991 to 12.59 million in 2001. In Andhra Pradesh it was found nearly 400,000 children, mostly girls between seven and 14 years of age, toiling for 14-16 hours a day in cottonseed production across the country of which 90% are employed in Andhra Pradesh. 40% of the labour in a precious stone cutting sector is children. NGOs have discovered the use of child labourers in mining industry in Bellary District in Karnataka in spite of a harsh ban on the same. In urban areas there is a high employment of children in the zari and embroidery industry.Poverty and lack of social security are the main causes of child labour. The increasing gap between the rich and the poor, privatization of basic services and the neo-liberal economic policies are causes major sections of the population out of employment and without basic needs. This adversely affects children more than any other group. Entry of multi-national corporations into industry without proper mechanisms to hold them accountable has lead to the use of child labour. Lack of quality universal education has also contributed to children dropping out of school and entering the labour force. A major concern is that the actual number of child labourers goes un-detected. Laws that are meant to protect children from hazardous labour are ineffective and not implemented correctly. Child labour is highest among Schedules Tribes, Muslims, Schedule Castes and OBC children. The persistence of Childlabour is due to the inefficiency of the Law,administrative and because it benefits employers who can reduce general wage levels. Various growing concerns have pushed children out of school and into employment such as forced displacement due to development projects,Special Economic Zones,loss of jobs of parents in a slowdowm, farmers’s suicide, armed conflict and high costs of heath

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Published

2014-02-28

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2014): FEBRUARY 2014

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Social Science & Humanities

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