Now a Days Child Labour in India has become a Big Problem.
In the Latter part of the 20th Century, Child Labour remains a Serious Problem bin many parts of the World. Many of these Children Live in Underdeveloped Countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Their Living Conditions are Crude and their Chances for Education Minimal.
The Income they bring in is, Necessary for the Survival of their Families. In other cases, Children are Bonded, Working to Pay off an initial cash advance from the employer with Escalating interest which leaves them Effectively Slaves.
In this Project, information has been shared on some of the Legal and Programmatic Initiatives undertaken in India over the last decade or so to address the problem of Child Labour. These programs remain committed to the full Eradication of all form of Child Labour wherever it might exist in India, beginning with the most exploitative and hazardous form and have been paying increasing attention to the Issue. India has also been participating in the International Program on Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) of the ILO. But the problem remains vast, and finding resources for Rehabilitation Schemes, given the magnitude of the problem, is a CONTINUING CHALLENGE.
In 2000 the ILO estimated 5.5 million Children had been forced in Labour in Asia, while the bonded Labour Liberation front placed 10 million bonded Children in India Alone. In 1998 the Government of India labelled bonded Child Labour as a Marginal Problem with only 3000 or so cases.
A survey in Tamil Nadu in 1995 found 125,000 bonded Child Labourers in the state Alone. Child bonded Labour in India mostly in the AGRICULTURAL SECTOR but has in recent times been moving into other Sectors as well such as Beedi-Rolling, Brick Kilns, Carpet Weaving, Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Construction, Fireworks and Matches Factories, Hotels, Hybrid CottonSeed Production, Leathers, Mines, Quarries, Silk, Synthetic Gems, etc,.. Therefore, unless the Socio-Economic status of the Poor Families is improved, INDIA has to Live with CHILD LABOUR.