3. CAUSES OF CHILD LABOUR
1. POVERTY
2. PARENTAL
ILLITERACY
3. OVER
POPULATION
4. BONDED CHILD LABOUR
BONDED CHILD
LABOUR IS A
SYSTEMWHERETHE
CHILD’S PARENT
ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT,ORAL
ORWRITTEN,WITH A
CREDATOR.THE
CHILD PERFORMS
WORK AS IN-KIND
OF REPAYMENT OF
CREDIT
5. CONSEQUENCES
OF CHILD
LABOUR
Children who work, instead of going to school, remain illiterate
which limits their ability to contribute to their own well being as
well as to community they live in. Child labour has long term
adverse effects for India.
6. INITIATIVES AGAINST CHILD LABOUR
Non-governmental
organisations :-
Many NGOs like Bachpan
Bachao Andolan, Care
India, Childs Rights And
You, Global March
Against Child Labour etc.
have been working to
eradicate child labour in
India.
7. CHILDLABOURLAWSININDIA
The Factories Act of
1948:
The Mines Act of 1952:
The Juvenile Justice of
Children Act of 2000
The Right of Children to
Free and Compulsory
Education Act of 2009
8. A CHILD’S CRY……
Papa ,papa I want to go
to school,
Papa said Shut up your
mouth you little fool,
Now go to work with
your lunch and tool,
Before the sun melts
the dawns cool.