PROBLEM OF CHILD LABOUR AND ACT
- According to the Census 2001 figures there are 1.26 crore working children in the age group of 5-14 as compared to the total child population of 25.2 crore.
- There are approximately 12 lakhs children working in the hazardous occupations/processes which are covered under the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act i.e. 18 occupations and 65 processes.
- As per survey conducted by National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) in 2004-05, the number of working children is estimated at 90.75 lakh.
- As per Census 2011, the number of working children in the age group of 5-14 years is about 43.53 lakh
- Way back in 1979, Government formed the first committee called Gurupadswamy Committee to study the issue of child labour and to suggest measures to tackle it.
- Based on the recommendations of Gurupadaswamy Committee, the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act was enacted in 1986
- The Act prohibits employment of children in certain specified hazardous occupations and processes and regulates the working conditions in others.
- In consonance with the act, a National Policy on Child Labour was formulated in 1987. The Policy seeks to adopt a gradual & sequential approach with a focus on rehabilitation of children working in hazardous occupations & processes in the first instance. The Action Plan outlined in the Policy for tackling this problem is as follows:
1. Legislative Action Plan for strict enforcement of Child Labour Act and other labour laws
2.Focusing of General Developmental Programmes for Benefiting Child Labour
3. Starting of projects in areas of high concentration of child labour
SOURCE ---Labour.nic.in
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