This document discusses child labor in India. It notes that children are the future of any country but that many poor Indian children do not have access to education and instead work to support their families. Approximately 12.26 million Indian children between ages 5-14 worked in 2001. Agriculture, manufacturing, and trade sectors employ most child laborers. States with high levels of child labor include Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Bihar. The document proposes several measures to address child labor such as running evening schools for working children, providing incentives for families to keep children in secondary school, strengthening laws against child employment, and alleviating poverty through skills training and livelihood programs.