Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Child Labour in the
point of view of the
Indian Government
The India government also thinks that child labour should not exist. They set laws and prohibit children under 14 to work in factories, mines or engaged in any hazardous employment. Even though they set the laws, many employers still don’t adhere to them and continue to employ children under 14. This is because the India government does not take much action at all.
In the Indian government child labour policy, the government only allows children under 14 to work for their own family’s enterprise and children between 15 and 18 can be recruited for factory employment only after securing a fitness certificate from a medical doctor who is authorized but they can only work for four hours period per day with no night shift. The Indian government has taken several measures in order to protect children rights and prohibit child labour in India but it is not very effective and efficient.
The number of children under 14 working in India is still very high though there is a slight drop. This clearly shows that the India government has not enough measures to stop child labour.
SLAMit.DUNKit 5:17 AM
