Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Slave labour, a matter of grave concern

CHANDIGARH,Monday, 31 January 2012

The issue of child labour in India is a matter of grave concern. Child labour is augmented about 55 million children at present below the age of 14 years are illegally employed. Working at coal, mica, diamond, glass, firework factories for long hours yet they are being meagerly paid. Burdened by their family conditions, these kids work under unhygienic conditions for long hours and are provided insufficient and under nourished food. Not only they are mentally burdened but ill at place as most of the times they sleep at their work places.

Poverty ridden families perceive their children as a source of family income. Not only childhood is being sacrificed to work but also their right to education, growth and opportunity to earn equality in the society is marginalized.

Laws made to curb child labour have been rarely adhered to. Factory owners circumvent the law by finding loopholes. It is a complex situation when these child labourers are kept like hostages trapped and beguiled, unaware of their human rights. Employers favor child labor as they are easy to be exploited and oppressed."Under The Right to Education Act", child labor is totally banned and those who breach the law should be brought under the law court. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights is seeking to bring such industries and related organisations under the ambit of labour laws.






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