CHILD LABOUR
Child labour is more prevalent in India’s rural areas
and dignity and that childhood and youth are protected against exploitation and moral and material abandonment. The founding fathers of the constitution emphasized the importance of the role of the children and the need for their development. Dr B.R. Ambedkar projected children’s rights in the Directive Principles of State Policy as their deprivation had
a dangerous effect on the efficiency of democracy and the Rule of Law. The Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933 prohibits the pledging of labour of children for employment and prescribes penalty for persons and guardians pledging child labour. The Factories Act, 1948 prohibits the employment of children below 14 years of age in factories and provides
that persons between 14 to 18 must obtain a certificate of fitness from a certifying surgeon. On 26 September 1994, under the chairmanship of the Union Labour Minister, the National Authority for the Elimination of Child Labour was constituted upon the directions of the Supreme Court of India in the case of Bandhua Mukti Morcha.
A new Article 21A was
incorporated in the constitution which took effect in 2010, stipulating that the State provide free and compulsory education to all children aged 6 to 14. Compulsory education to children up to 14 years was passed with the enactment of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2010.
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