Child labour in India,shows the parents affection for son and daughter working,tamilnadu kerala boarder,south india,asia,PRADEEP SUBRAMANIAN
Child Labour is the practice of having children engage in economic activity, on a part- or full-time basis. The practice deprives children of their childhood, and is harmful to their physical and mental development. Poverty, lack of good schools and the growth of the informal economy are considered to be the key causes of child labour in India. The 1998 national census of India estimated the total number of child labourers, aged 4 to 15, to be at million, out of a total child population of 253 million in the 5 to 14 age , in 2009–10 a nationwide survey found the prevalence of child labour had reduced to million children (or less than 2% of the children in the 5 to 14 age group).The 2011 national census of India found the total number of child labourers, aged 5–14, to be at million,[ and the total child population to be million in that age group. The child labour problem is not unique to India; worldwide, about 217 million children work, many law specifically defines 64 industries as hazardous and it is a criminal offence to employ children in such hazardous 2001, an estimated 1% of all child workers, or about 120,000 children in India were in a hazardous , the Constitution of India prohibits child labour in hazardous industries (but not in non-hazardous industries) as a Fundamental Right under Article 24. UNICEF estimates that India with its larger population, has the highest number of labourers in the world under 14 years of age, while sub-Saharan African countries have the highest percentage of children who are deployed as child International Labour Organisation estimates that agriculture, at 60 percent, is the largest employer of child labour in the world, while the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates 70% of child labour is deployed in agriculture & related of agriculture,child labour is observed in almost all informal sections.
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