Child Labour In India: A Sociological Observation

This research paper attempts to analyze the Child labor is a curse to our society and a crime against humanity. Child labor is a major problem in India. In Indian, despite, there is no enactment which genuinely contributed for eradication of child labor. Children are employed in both formal and informal sectors. Thus, the clarification of the term ‘hazardous’ is unclear and inadequate especially in the case of child labor. Child labor can be factory work, mining, or quarrying, agriculture, helping in parents’ business, having one’s own small business, or doing odd jobs.  There are many types of child labor but bonded child labor or slave labor is one of the worst types of labor for children. It is estimated that approximately 10 million bonded children laborers are working as domestic servants in India. Apart from this there are nearly 55 million bonded child laborers who are employed across several other industries. Employment of children in the urban informal sector is an enormous problem in many parts of the world. This is especially true in areas where poverty, unemployment and inadequate opportunities for education and training are widespread. Some child rights activists argue that child labour must include every child who is not in school because he or she is a hidden child worker.