India will need 100 years to end child labour: report
On the World Day against Child Labour, reports from India indicate that child labour is decreasing at a dismal rate of only 2.2 per cent per year it would take more than a century to end the menace.(Photo: PTI)- Overall, 80 per cent of the working children are based in rural areas and 3 out 4 of them work in agriculture as cultivators or in household industries, most of which are home-based employments. (Photo: AP)
- Out of these five states, only Uttar Pradesh has witnessed a growth in child labour by 13 per cent with one out of five child labourers in India belonging to the state. (Photo:AFP)
- Interestingly, more than half of working children in India are concentrated in five states namely Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, and these states account for more than 55 lakh of child workers. (Photo: AFP)
- Experts say that this increase in urban child labour could be attributed to increased migration including seasonal migration for employment as well as trafficking of unaccompanied minors. (Photo:PTI)
- The analysis also points out to a dangerous trend that Child labour in urban areas has increased by 53 per cent during 2001-2011. (Photo:AP)
- The Union Cabinet had recently given its approval to a proposal to allow children below 14 to work only in family enterprises or the entertainment industry, subject to certain conditions, while completely banning their employment elsewhere raising
- Stating that over a crore children continue to be a part of the country's workforce, the report said at this pace it would take more than a century to end the menace. (Photo: AFP)
- An analysis of census data by CRY (Child Rights and You) has revealed that child labour has been decreasing at such a slow rate contrary to popular perception of its substantial reduction. (Photo: PTI)
On the World Day against Child Labour, reports from India indicate that child labour is decreasing at a dismal rate of only 2.2 per cent per year it would take more than a century to end the menace.(Photo: PTI)
India will need 100 years to end child labour: report
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