Child labor: The inconvenient truth behind India’s growth story

New Delhi - Last week, seventy years ago, India gained independence. Since then, the country has created one of the largest economies in the world. However, despite wealth, 33 million children work from 5 to 18 years old. According to Save the Children in India, nearly one-third of the group is under 15 years of age and has India as his hometown.

This is a question of child labor in all the poor developing and developing countries of the world including India. Even after 65 years' independence, India failed to free the poor. However, in the current socio-economic scenario, the withdrawal of child labor is a problem without any problems, the Indian government has a high literacy rate for all children, children can not read or write yet, hungry, I am aware that there is nothing. When this ideal is realized it is a million dollar problem

India is one of the most serious criminals in child labor. According to the Indian census in the early 1990s, there are about 11.3 million child laborers under the age of 14, and this number has increased since then. Child labor in India accounts for 3.6% of the country's labor force. Most of these children (about 85%) work in agriculture. In the northern Indian society, many children work in the carpet weaving industry to increase household incomes. Working conditions are shocking, but children need to work anyway and their families will not fall into poverty. In India, there is a law that obliges children under 14 years to work illegally, but that law does not apply to family management. This law is rarely carried out due to the actual needs of many rural families living in the country.

Low income earners, poor and poor educational institutions are the driving force to make widespread use of child labor throughout the world. (22) "Because child labor can not guarantee itself from income fluctuations because poor families generate unnecessary incentives for child labor because the education system and labor market are not functioning properly "Families, especially families in developing countries, will send them to work because they need additional income or can not bring their children to school. "Historical growth rates indicate that it takes time to reduce child labor simply by raising the standard of living.When it is a policy objective to reduce the overall incidence of child labor more quickly, It is an effective solution to the problem of child labor by improving the educational system, giving economic incentives to poor families and sending children, and in punitive measures to prevent children from being punished It may not be. (24)