Poor Laws, Living Standards: Is There a Way Out for India's Child Labourers?
1 year, 7 months ago

Poor Laws, Living Standards: Is There a Way Out for India's Child Labourers?

The Quint  

Adversity-free childhood is perhaps the most desirable feature to ensure better human capital. This alarming adversity is backed by a pronounced commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 8 with a target to eliminate all child labour by 2025, which remains far from getting realised in this decade. Along with an encouraging trend of the declining magnitude of this phenomenon in India over the last three decades, the nation continues to have a count of 8 million child labourers. The Convention on the Rights of the Child calls on nations to take effective measures to eliminate it because it is the most heinous form of child abuse and exploitation, as well as a major impediment to social justice and the right to a decent life. Despite the enactment of the Child Labour Act in 1986 and 2016 and the Right to Education, children in India continue to remain extremely vulnerable to human trafficking, illiteracy, poor physical and mental health experiencing a failed childhood that compromises the future quality of human capital.

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Children's Day 2024: Your kid should be aware of THESE fundamental rights written in constitution
1 month, 1 week ago

Children's Day 2024: Your kid should be aware of THESE fundamental rights written in constitution

India TV News  

Every year, Children's Day is celebrated on November 14, marking the birth anniversary of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. These rights encompass the following: Children's Day 2024: Fundamental rights for children - Right to equality: According to Article 14, Children are recognized as equals to adults and have the right to equality. - Right to life and personal liberty: …

T.N. activists write to all newly-elected MPs urging them to enact a new, comprehensive child labour law
6 months, 1 week ago

T.N. activists write to all newly-elected MPs urging them to enact a new, comprehensive child labour law

The Hindu  

Child rights activists in Tamil Nadu have written to all newly-elected MPs, demanding the repeal of the Child and Adolescent Labour Act 1986 and its amendments. Calling for immediate eradication of child labour in all its forms across the country, the activists, in a letter to the MPs, urged them to put children at the forefront of national policies and …

How to create more jobs for India’s educated youth | In Focus podcast
8 months, 3 weeks ago

How to create more jobs for India’s educated youth | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The India Employment Report 2024, released recently by the International Labour Organisation, paints a grim picture. The news is particularly bad on two critical counts: joblessness is particularly high among the youth, and its worse for the educated youth. According to the report, India’s youth account for 83% of the unemployed workforce, with the share of the educated youth among …

Women, babies, growth: ‘Not a switch that can be turned on and off’
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Women, babies, growth: ‘Not a switch that can be turned on and off’

Hindustan Times  

Some estimates say India’s population will peak as early as the 2040s – close enough to worry about. Round 5 of the NFHS shows that India’s fertility level is below the replacement rate of 2.1 in all but five states. One is that once women decide to have fewer children, it’s not a switch that can be turned on and …

Explained | What has India done to address child trafficking?
1 year, 6 months ago

Explained | What has India done to address child trafficking?

The Hindu  

The story so far: “There are 160 million children waiting for your action. Several reports since the 2020 lockdown have noted that the pandemic created a second crisis of child trafficking, with children being pushed into a vortex of “despair, disease and death.” Estimates show that children account for one in every three detected victims of trafficking worldwide; this rises …

The cruel nexus of child labour and intergenerational poverty in India
2 years, 2 months ago

The cruel nexus of child labour and intergenerational poverty in India

Hindustan Times  

Thirteen-year-old Aastha lives in a state of debt bondage since a farmer has loaned her parents ₹20,000 in exchange for three years of their daughter’s labour. The latest report by the National Crime Records Bureau presents a monumental challenge: 149,404 cases of crimes against children last year, a whopping 16% rise, of which 982 cases were registered as formal complaints …

A lost generation: The grim reality of child labour and exploitation in India
2 years, 6 months ago

A lost generation: The grim reality of child labour and exploitation in India

Hindustan Times  

Six months ago, state authorities pulled out a group of children, teens and young adults from a bus, heading from a small village near Assam’s Baksa District to Gujarat. The commercial sexual exploitation of children is among the worst forms of child labour and in India, there are around 1.2 million children involved in prostitution. The convergence of factors related …

20 UP districts declared child labour-free: Min
2 years, 6 months ago

20 UP districts declared child labour-free: Min

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow Uttar Pradesh labour and employment minister Anil Rajbhar said here on Sunday that In comparison to the 2001 census, the 2011 census saw a significant increase in the number of child labourers. It was “This year, the state government’s ‘Naya Savera’ Yojana proclaimed 275-gram panchayats and municipality wards in 20 districts of Uttar Pradesh free of child labour. The …

Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on their dreams
2 years, 6 months ago

Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on their dreams

Hindustan Times  

The UN General Assembly declared 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour. “A lot of children came to the city from Jharkand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh following the closure of schools there,” said Pallavi Porwal, chairperson, Child Welfare Committee, Indore. A large number migrate due to poverty and unemployment there,” says Lokendra Sharma, Juvenile Justice Board …

Five child labourers rescued from bangle factory in Delhi's Jahangirpuri
2 years, 7 months ago

Five child labourers rescued from bangle factory in Delhi's Jahangirpuri

India Today  

The Delhi Commission for Women on Monday rescued five minor boys employed as child labourers in a bangle making unit in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area. Upon receiving information, a team of the Commission immediately reached the spot along with the Delhi Police and rescued the five boys. NOTICE TO DELHI POLICE DCW Chief Swati Maliwal has issued a notice to Delhi …

India doing 'much better' in fight against child labour under Modi govt, says Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
2 years, 7 months ago

India doing 'much better' in fight against child labour under Modi govt, says Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi

India TV News  

Highlights Every child in India will be safe, educated by 2047, says Kailash Satyarthi Satyarthi was responding to question on his vision for India India will celebrate its 100 years of independence in 2047 Highlighting that India has done “much better” in the fight against child labour under the Narendra Modi government, Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi expressed confidence that the …

Delhi: 73 child labourers rescued from factories; children mostly from UP and Bihar
2 years, 9 months ago

Delhi: 73 child labourers rescued from factories; children mostly from UP and Bihar

India Today  

A team of a child welfare organisation, Sahyog Care for You, along with the subdivisional magistrate of Narela have rescued 73 children from the factories in North Delhi. The team from the NGO working for kids revealed that they used to work as bonded labourers in polishing, toy and fan manufacturing units in north Delhi’s Bawana for 15 hours a …

India Recorded Over 350 Crimes Against Children Each Day Amid Covid Pandemic in 2020, Shows NCRB Data
3 years, 2 months ago

India Recorded Over 350 Crimes Against Children Each Day Amid Covid Pandemic in 2020, Shows NCRB Data

News 18  

A total of 1,28,531 crimes against children were recorded in India last year, implying that an average of 350 such cases were reported each day during the pandemic, according to an NGO’s analysis of data from National Criminal Records Bureau. When compared with figures from NCRB in 2019, however, there has been a drop of 13.3 per cent in the …

India recorded over 350 crimes against children each day in 2020, shows CRY's analysis of NCRB data
3 years, 2 months ago

India recorded over 350 crimes against children each day in 2020, shows CRY's analysis of NCRB data

Firstpost  

Child marriage has increased 50 percent and online abuse has increased 400 percent in one year, CRY said. Further analysis suggests that crimes against children in India has increased steeply by 381 percent in the last decade New Delhi: A total of 1,28,531 crimes against children were recorded in India last year, implying that an average of 350 such cases …

Child Labour Records 1st Rise in 20 Years, Millions More at Risk Due to Covid: ILO-UNICEF Report
3 years, 6 months ago

Child Labour Records 1st Rise in 20 Years, Millions More at Risk Due to Covid: ILO-UNICEF Report

News 18  

The number of children in child labour has risen to 16 crore worldwide — first increase in two decades — with millions more at risk due to COVID-19, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization and the UNICEF. The report — 'Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward' — released ahead of the World …

Breaking the cycle of child labour is in India’s hands
3 years, 6 months ago

Breaking the cycle of child labour is in India’s hands

The Hindu  

The true extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child labour is yet to be measured but all indications show that it would be significant as children are unable to attend school and parents are unable to find work. What the data show As the world enters the third decade of the 21st century, 152 million children around …

'Cannot Leave Our Children Behind': Kailash Satyarthi on Covid-19 Impact on Child Health, Education
3 years, 10 months ago

'Cannot Leave Our Children Behind': Kailash Satyarthi on Covid-19 Impact on Child Health, Education

News 18  

The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on children’s education, physical and mental health across the world. During the last year, the Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation has been working closely with government organisations and NGOs to contain rising cases of child labour. News18 got in touch with the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and child labour and education expert Kailash Satyarthi …

Education ministry releases guidelines to identify and educate migrant children
3 years, 11 months ago

Education ministry releases guidelines to identify and educate migrant children

India Today  

The Covid-19 pandemic had a severe impact on education. The education ministry has thus released guidelines for the “identification, admission and continued education” of migrant children in India. In order to ensure that school-going children have access to education with quality and equity and to minimize the impact of the pandemic on school education across the country, the Ministry of …

Covid-19 Pandemic Threatens Children with Child Labor Rising in Country
4 years ago

Covid-19 Pandemic Threatens Children with Child Labor Rising in Country

News 18  

A boy who cried out when he was beaten for complaining of stomach pains drew attention from a passerby, who alerted police in the central Indian city of Agra. The 13-year-old boy who was working in the illegal shoe factory in Agra cannot be identified by name because Indian law forbids naming suspected victims of child labor and trafficking. The …

How to bridge the gap between student enrolment, attendance
4 years, 2 months ago

How to bridge the gap between student enrolment, attendance

Hindustan Times  

Boot Polish is, perhaps, independent India’s first movie centered on the issue of the lives and tragedies of children pushed into children labour as a consequence of their mother’s death. It may be serious health conditions such as a disability, bullying at school, the death of a loved one, being pushed into labour or early marriage among other reasons After …

17.26 Million Married Children and Adolescents in 10-19 Age Group Present in India: CRY
4 years, 2 months ago

17.26 Million Married Children and Adolescents in 10-19 Age Group Present in India: CRY

News 18  

New Delhi: There are 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years in India, child rights NGO CRY said in a new study, highlighting the burden of under-age marriage plaguing the country. “With a huge burden of under-age marriage – 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years or 7 …

17.26 million married children, adolescents in 10-19 age group present in India: Report
4 years, 2 months ago

17.26 million married children, adolescents in 10-19 age group present in India: Report

Live Mint  

New Delhi: There are 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years in India, child rights NGO CRY said in a new study, highlighting the burden of under-age marriage plaguing the country. "With a huge burden of under-age marriage - 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years or 7 …

More Children Forced to Work as Coronavirus Batters India
4 years, 2 months ago

More Children Forced to Work as Coronavirus Batters India

News 18  

His hands caked with paint and dust, Aakash looks right at home working at an auto repair shop — except that he is a minor, one of millions forced into the Indian labour market. AFP this week accompanied Bachpan Bachao Andolan, a children’s rights group whose founder won the Nobel Peace Prize, as it conducted raids together with police in …

Covid-19 May Force Millions of Children Back into Slavery, Trafficking, Child Marriage: Kailash Satyarthi
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 May Force Millions of Children Back into Slavery, Trafficking, Child Marriage: Kailash Satyarthi

News 18  

New Delhi: For four decades Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi rescued thousands of children from the scourge of slavery and trafficking but he fears all his efforts could reverse as the coronavirus pandemic forces children into labour. “The biggest threat is that millions of children may fall back into slavery, trafficking, child labour, child marriage,” said Satyarthi who was awarded …

Kailash Satyarthi fears upsurge in child labour as pandemic shrivels economy
4 years, 3 months ago

Kailash Satyarthi fears upsurge in child labour as pandemic shrivels economy

Live Mint  

For four decades Indian Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi rescued thousands of children from the scourge of slavery and trafficking but he fears all his efforts could reverse as the coronavirus pandemic forces children into labour. "The biggest threat is that millions of children may fall back into slavery, trafficking, child labour, child marriage," said Satyarthi who was awarded the …

'Children Are The Wealth Of This Nation', Patna HC Issues Slew of Directions For Providing Immediate Relief To Children In Bihar [Read Judgment]
4 years, 3 months ago

'Children Are The Wealth Of This Nation', Patna HC Issues Slew of Directions For Providing Immediate Relief To Children In Bihar [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

On 6th July 2020, the Patna High Court had taken suo moto cognizance of the plight of children in the District Bhagalpur, Bihar due to non-availability of mid-day meals following shutting of schools and Anganwadi centres amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Judgment of the Apex Court in the cases of Francis Coralie Mullin v. UT of Delhi 1 SCC 608, …

Covid-19 Impact: 21% Rural Households Ready to Send Children to Work after Lockdown
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19 Impact: 21% Rural Households Ready to Send Children to Work after Lockdown

News 18  

On March 24 when India went into a total lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, thousands of migrant labourers across the country lost their source of livelihood. Now that the lockdown is over and economic activities have sporadically started with several states across India diluting labour laws, children seem to be at the highest risk. The report, titled, "A …

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