Question

Essay on child labour

Answer 1

India is a country in which population is more and due to poverty some poor people put their children's for working to get money and we call this child labour. Child labourers below 14 years age are called child labour. Child labour is a thing which is not good for kids. Child labour means that childrens are doing that work which is not for them like that they are doing car washing, cleaning roads, cleaning vessels, In hotels to clean vessels, construction field, and etc.

Due to child labour more childrens can't go to school and they can't get any big job and they want to do job in a small shop and they dreams never come true and they think about the dreams but never make the dreams true.

Answer 2

Answer:

Child Labour

Child labour simply means exploitation of children. It is employing children under 14 years of age to work that deprives them of their childhood, their potential, their education, their dignity, and being compelled to work in hazardous environment. Child labour is detrimental to the physical and mental development of children.

The Child Labour and Adolescents (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, amended in 2016, prohibits employment of a child under 14 years of age in any employment including as a domestic help. It is a cognizable criminal offence to employ a Child for any work.

Children are being exploited through child labour. According to estimates there are as many as 18 million child labourers in the country. They are being exploited both in the industrial and agricultural sectors. They can be found working in hazardous conditions and exposed to harmful chemicals, toxic pesticides or fertilizers and dangerous machinery tools. They are compelled to carry heavy loads in construction sites.

Hazardous working environment put children at risk of injury and death. They may contract diseases. Due to malnutrition and exhaustion they suffer from different physical health problems. The long-term health problems include both mental and psychological harm.

Child labourers suffer mentally and physically. It prevents them from getting basic school education. It affects their mental well-being and physical development.

National laws on child labour must be reviewed and implemented in letter and in spirit.

Employers employing underaged children must be penalized.

The workplaces must be assessed to identify risky and dangerous conditions.

The public in general must stop hiring child domestic helpers.