Socio Economic Dimensions and Problems of Child Labour in Unorganised Sectors, Tiruchirappali District

Child labour is not a new phenomenon in India. The Phenomenon of child labour is deep – routed in socio-economic stratification, mass poverty, illiteracy and unemployment particularly in rural and semi urban areas of India. The child labour system in India is an age old phenomenon. But its evil effects got prominence only after the industrial revolution in England. Early employment retards the development of child. Lower wages coupled with illiteracy and adult employment force them to work and it perpetuates from generation to generation in their families forming vicious circle of poverty and child labour. Before the introduction of industrialisation children worked as helpers and learners in hereditary determined family occupations under the supervision of adult family members. The work place was an extension of the home, and the work was characterised by personal and informal relationships. The social scenario changed rapidly with the advent of industrialisation and urbanisation. Hence the researcher has undertaken a study on “Socio Economic Dimensions and Problems of child labour in organized sectors, Tiruchirapalli District.