VOICES AGAINST LOSS OF CHILDHOOD: A LBOUR LAW PERSPECTIVE
Keywords:
child labour, profit maximization, human resources, national plans, society, motivation, poverty, survival, unemployment, distributionAbstract
The Child Labour system is in existence in developing and underdeveloped counties. India is one of the Countries where in large number of children below the age of 14 years working in various organizations. If there is no proper distribution of work among the member of the society then children are automatically forced to do work for their survival. Unemployment of adult members of the particular family also results into Child Labour.
There are many reasons for the existence of child labour and it varies from place to place. In India, poverty is one of the important factors for child labour, but it is not the sole factor. Children provide cheap labour, the person who wants labour has to pay less to them than adult labour. The child can be commanded more than an adult. The pull factor of the child labour is the profit maximization.
Children of the nation are supremely important asset. Children’s programs should find a prominent part in our national plans for the development of human resources. So that our children grow up to become robust citizen, physically and mentally fit, and morally healthy; endowed with the skills and motivations needed by the society.
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