Child labour in India

1. CHILD LABOUR
• What is child labour?
• Child labour in India.
• Regulation and prohibition
act.

2. What is child
labour?
• The employment of children in
an industry or business,
especially when illegal or
considered exploitative.
• It is work for children that
exploits them physically,
mentally, morally or by blocking
access to education.
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3. Child labour in
India
• India accounts for the
second highest number in
terms of child labour followed
by Africa
• 10 million bonded laborers
are working as domestic
servants in India
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4. Regulation and
Prohibition act
• Declared by Parliament in
1986
• Employment of children in
certain occupations and
processes
• No child shall be permitted
to work in any of the
occupations which are
hazardous in nature.