Research Scholar, Department of RPEG BU Bhopal, Department of social science, DAVV, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Online published on 19 August, 2014.
Present paper studies child labor problems in Gobindpura industrial area which is situate in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh India. The study released by the Head Centre for Child Rights puts the number of child laborers in the state at 1,065,259. Of the 1,700 cases registered under the Child Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986, there have been only 35 convictions, according to the report. We pointed out ‘a major problem is that officials do not consider employment of children below 14 years of age in a hotel or a restaurant as child labor. The Constitution of India in the Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of State Policy prohibits child labor below the age of 14 years in any factory or mine or castle or engaged in any other hazardous employment (Article 24). The constitution also envisioned that India shall, by 1960, provide infrastructure and resources for free and compulsory education to all children of the age six to 14 years. The major national legislative developments include the following.
Problems of child labor, laws of child labour, UNICEF, UNDP
