Question

Write a Expansion of Ideas on Child labour -A Curse ?

Answer 1

Child labour is an illegal act performed by the children in their little age by the involvement of some industrialists and businessmen all over India. Industrialists and businessmen generally chose child labour because of the efficient work in minimum time at low cost. And, children generally get involved in child labour because of their poverty and lack of education. People, who are very poor and cannot manage their two times food and clothes, become forced to send their kids and children to do some job at lowest payment instead of sending them to the school for education.

According to the survey of 2001, it was found that approximately 90 percent of the children were involved in productive activities as a supplement to their family income (23.8%) or improving their family income (66%). Tasks or activities, which are not involved in affecting the health and personal development of children or interfering in their schooling, cannot be counted as child labour. They can be taken as positive and no need to be eliminated. However, all those activities, affecting a child in all aspects (health, personal development, schooling, etc), are needed to be eliminated.

Answer 2

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In today’s world, people are so engrossed in their activities that they stopped bothering about the society. Imagine…. What if…. Someone takes away your child and forces him/her to work for somebody else rather than to play in the safety of their own… into acting like cattle in fields with dangerous chemicals…To beg on streets instead of playing with cars..!!!!! Can you imagine your child like this?? Can you bear it?

The prevalence of child labour reflects very badly on society .More than 160 million parents have to undergo this in India every year. 60 million children in India are forced into degrading jobs every year. The working children in India are mostly engaged in hotels, building sites, factories and in houses as domestic servants. Vast majority of child labour is found in rural areas.And this, is the largest number of child labourers in a developing country like INDIA which is approximately 6-7% of today’s population. Child labour is a very serious problem not only in India, but also in the other developing countries.

The causes for child labour in our country could be over population, poverty, high cost of education, shortage of schools, classrooms, teachers especially in the rural areas where 90% of the poverty is observed and many more.

The 60 million child labours are forced to work for 8 hrs a day, 200 days a year, at a cost of Rs. 15/- per child per day.Whereas, adult labourers are paid Rs. 115/- per adult per day. And this, ultimately results in burdening of taxes. In the rural areas, for more income, parents force their children into child labour for enough food and this cycle keeps on repeating as this is the only choice for them to survive..

Now, the question here is, what can we do to eliminate child labour??