Question

Write a breif note on :
Child Labour Act, 2006.

Answer 1

Answer:

Through a notification on October 10, 2006, the Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act (CLPRA) specifically prohibited employing children below 14 years as domestic help. ... Little has been done so far to rescue child domestic workers and to punish their employers

Explanation:

The Factories Act of 1948: The Act prohibits the employment of children below the age of 14 years in any factory. ... The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act of 1986: The Act prohibits the employment of children below the age of 14 years in hazardous occupations identified in a list by the law.

Answer 2

Answer:

In 2011 the national census of India found the total number of child labourers, aged 5–14, to be at 10.1 million, out of the total of 259.64 million children in that age group.[2] The child labour problem is not unique to India; worldwide, about 217 million children work, many full-time.[3]

Child labour in India and rest of the world, during 2003 in 10–18 age group, per World Bank[1] with an estimated 11%, is in green with 10-20% incidence levels, along with countries in red (30%–40%) and brown and black (40%-100%).

As per the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, amended in 2016 ("CLPR Act"), a "Child" is defined as any person below the age of 14, and the CLPR Act prohibits employment of a Child in any employment including as a domestic help. It is a cognizable criminal offence to employ a Child for any work. Children between age of 14 and 18 are defined as "Adolescent" and the law allows Adolescent to be employed except in the listed hazardous occupation and processes which include mining, inflammable substance and explosives related work and any other hazardous process as per the Factories Act, 1948.[4] In 2001, an estimated 1% of all child workers, or about 120,000 children in India were in a hazardous job.[