Child Labour in India: A Study of Informal Sector in Haryana

Addressing the Challenges of Child Labour in India's Informal Sector

Abstract

The problem of child labour is a global phenomenon in the world. It is more common in developing and under developing countries. Today child labour is a serious challenge for India. India has largest number of children employed than any other country in the world. The primary as well as secondary data was used to get the data. A questionnaire was used to collect the primary data from the respondents. Analysis revealed that many provision are provided in our constitution and in laws to control child labour but socio-economic conditions prevalent in the country do not force children to get compulsory education and enjoy right to education. The attempt has been made in this paper to provide brief account of child labour laws in our country, socio-economics condition of child labour and suggestions to control child labour.