In India, Anti-Child Labour Day is observed on April 30, a day before Labour Day.
In 2001, about 12 million children in India were in a hazardous job.UNICEFS estimates that India, with its larger population, has the highest number of labourers in the world under 14 years of age. International Labour Organization estimates that agriculture and relatives activities – at 70 percent – are the largest employer of child labour in India.
Since the Government amended the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986, enforcing a ban on employment of children under 14 in any kind of jobs in October 2006, situation has barely changed and child labour continues to flourish in both rural and urban India. Thus, though the country observes the Anti-Child Labour Day tomorrow, hundreds of children continue to work hard as domestic help in houses, at roadside restaurants in the state and in other low-skilled labour-intensive sectors.
Children who work miss the corresponding education and remain illiterate which limits their opportunity to develop properly as well as the ability to become prosperous for their own and for the community well being. In this way, Child Labour has a long term side effects for the country and its economic welfare. Proper education is essential for keeping an economy prospering.
Education is the right response to end child labour. School is the best place to work for a child.
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