Child labour common in eateries, fabrication workshops, aluminium cutting
Updated: Jul 22, 2014 03:12:29pm
New Delhi, Jul 22 (KNN) The incidence of child labour is common in industries such as aluminium cutting, eateries, fabrication workshops and nickel polishing among others, said MP from Rajasthan, Vijay Goel, calling for comprehensive measures to resolve the problem of child labour in the country.
Bringing up the issue in the Rajya Sabha today, he said, “The trend of employment of child labourers has been seen in industries like aluminium cutting, dhaba, hotel, shops, eatery shops, fabrication workshops, garment shops, general stores, nickel polish, etc.
“There is a dire need to have strategies that comprise of statutory and legislative measures, rescue and rehabilitation, and provide universal and primary education along with social protection, poverty alleviation and employment generation. In the end, the objective should be to create an environment where families are not compelled to send their children to work,” he said.
Goel dwelt at length on subject saying that India is sadly home to one of the largest population of child labourers in the world.
“Even though the total number of working children in the country has declined from 1.26 crore, as per Census 2001, to 43.53 lakhs, as per Census 2011, poverty and lack of social security are still the main causes of child labour,” he said.
The increasing gap between the rich and the poor, privatization of basic services and the neo-liberal economic policies adversely affect children more than any other section of the society. In addition, entry of multi-national corporations into the industry without proper mechanism to hold them accountable has led to the practice of using of child labour.
Lack of quality universal education has also contributed to children dropping out of schools and entering the labour force. A major concern is that the actual number of child labourers goes undetected.
As per Census 2011, there were 26,473 working children in the age group of 5-14 years in Delhi. The number of child labourers rescued in Delhi during 2012 and 2013 is 709 and 808 respectively, he said. (KNN/ES)
Bringing up the issue in the Rajya Sabha today, he said, “The trend of employment of child labourers has been seen in industries like aluminium cutting, dhaba, hotel, shops, eatery shops, fabrication workshops, garment shops, general stores, nickel polish, etc.
“There is a dire need to have strategies that comprise of statutory and legislative measures, rescue and rehabilitation, and provide universal and primary education along with social protection, poverty alleviation and employment generation. In the end, the objective should be to create an environment where families are not compelled to send their children to work,” he said.
Goel dwelt at length on subject saying that India is sadly home to one of the largest population of child labourers in the world.
“Even though the total number of working children in the country has declined from 1.26 crore, as per Census 2001, to 43.53 lakhs, as per Census 2011, poverty and lack of social security are still the main causes of child labour,” he said.
The increasing gap between the rich and the poor, privatization of basic services and the neo-liberal economic policies adversely affect children more than any other section of the society. In addition, entry of multi-national corporations into the industry without proper mechanism to hold them accountable has led to the practice of using of child labour.
Lack of quality universal education has also contributed to children dropping out of schools and entering the labour force. A major concern is that the actual number of child labourers goes undetected.
As per Census 2011, there were 26,473 working children in the age group of 5-14 years in Delhi. The number of child labourers rescued in Delhi during 2012 and 2013 is 709 and 808 respectively, he said. (KNN/ES)
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