This document discusses child labor in India. It notes that there are an estimated 17 million children aged 5-14 currently engaged in child labor in India, many working in agriculture, manufacturing, domestic service, or mining. The main causes of child labor are poverty, high unemployment, a large population, limited access to education, and urbanization. The effects of child labor include negative economic impacts from a low-skilled workforce as well as physical and mental health problems for children. The Indian government and NGOs have implemented various initiatives to reduce child labor, including legislation banning it, the National Child Labor Project providing education and vocational programs, and NGOs like Pratham offering schooling and influencing policy.

1. CHILD LABOUR
IN
INDIA

2. 1
5
4
3
2
CHILD LABOUR
Definition
CHILD LABOUR
in INDIA
CAUSES EFFECTS INITIATIVES

3. 1 CHILD LABOUR is
CHILDHOOD
POTENTIAL
DIGNITY

4. 1 CHILD LABOUR
presents in
Agriculture

5. 1 CHILD LABOUR
presents in
Manufacture
“ Unconditional worst form”
Domestic service
Mining &
Quarrying
14 mil
…
…
5.7 mil

6. 2 CHILD LABOUR
in INDIA
5 -14 years old
17 mil

7. 2 CHILD LABOUR
in INDIA
Bonded Child Labour

8. 2 CHILD LABOUR
in INDIA
Child Sex Workers

9. 2 CHILD LABOUR
in INDIA

10. 2 CHILD LABOUR
LAW in INDIA
Free & compulsory education 6 - 14
Opportunities to develop in healthy
manners
Childhood protected from moral &
material abandonment
Fundamental Rights and the Directive
Principles of State Policy

11. 2 CHILD LABOUR
LAW in INDIA
Under the age of 14
Forced by economic necessity to join
vocations unsuited to age & strength
Fundamental Rights and the Directive
Principles of State Policy

12. 3 CAUSES
POVERTY & HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
Poor families MORE children
2014
FINANCIAL
CHILDREN WORK BURDEN
for extra income

13. 3 CAUSES
POVERTY & HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
2014serve the
basic needs
premature
labor

14. 3 CAUSES
POPULATION
1,255,720,200
2028
2014

15. 3 CAUSES
POPULATION
2014

16. 3 CAUSES
LIMITED ACCESS TO EDUCATION
Not available for all children
Poor & irrelevant education quality
Not affordable
Not highly valued by parents
2014
Children sent to WORK
rather than to school

17. 3 CAUSES
URBANISATION
17.97
35
30
25
20
15
10
2014 1
19.91
Trends in India's urbanisation (1961-2011)
23.34
25.72
27.86
31.16
0
3.23 3.79
3.09 2.75
0
5
0
1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
1981
Percentage urban
Annual exponential growth rate (%)

18. 3 CAUSES
URBANISATION
High cost of living and harsh
2014
competition for jobs
Bad impacts of the Industrial Revolution
Stressful and monotonous way of life
Child labour laws are ineffective

19. 4 EFFECTS
2014
For ECONOMY
Low-wage-earned
ADULTS
Poor health
+
Low school attendance
SHORT term vs. L-O-N-G term

20. 4 EFFECTS
Cheap & Unskilled labour
available Technological progress
2014
For ECONOMY
Outdated economy
Low labour productivity
Fixed capital
Poor HEALTH + Young AGE + Humble WORKING CONDITION
Income inequality

21. 4 EFFECTS
For SOCIETY
Social evils

22. 4 EFFECTS
For SOCIETY
Health problems

23. 4 EFFECTS
For SOCIETY
Unemployment

24. 4 EFFECTS
For LABOURED CHILDREN
PHYSICAL
&
MENTAL

25. 5 INITIATIVES
against CHILD LABOUR
GOVERNMENT
LEGISLATION
1979
1986
1987
Gurupadswamy
Committee
study child labor issue
Child Labour
Act
prohibit child employment
regulate working condition
National Policy
on Child Labor

26. 5 INITIATIVES
against CHILD LABOUR
National Child Labor
Project Scheme (NCLP)
GOVERNMENT
EDUCATION PROGRAM
1979
1986 1988
1987
Gurupadswamy
Committee
study child labor issue
Child Labour
Act
prohibit child employment
regulate working condition
National Policy
on Child Labor

27. 5 INITIATIVES
against CHILD LABOUR
GOVERNMENT
EDUCATION PROGRAM
NCLP
Withdrawn from
hazardous occupations
Put into special schools

28. 5 INITIATIVES
against CHILD LABOUR
7311 special schools
GOVERNMENT
EDUCATION PROGRAM
NCLP
266 Child Labour endemic
districts in 20 States

29. 5 INITIATIVES
against CHILD LABOUR
GOVERNMENT
EDUCATION PROGRAM
NCLP
Non-formal
education
Vocational
trainings
Mid day
meals
Stipend
Rs.150/m/p
Health care

30. 5 INITIATIVES
against CHILD LABOUR
1 of the most effective forces
Pratham Council for Vulnerable
Children (PCVC)
Other NGOs: Bachpan Bachao
Andolan, CARE India, Child Rights and
You,…
NGOs

31. PRATHAM
reduce child labor
offer schooling to children
influencing polices related to
working children
is operational in 7 states
reaching 60,000 children
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32. THANK YOU
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