Wednesday, May 10, 2017

CAUSES OF CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA AND ITS EFFECT ON THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY
India is home to over a billion people and one of the major problems is not only corruption but it also is child labour.
There are 10.1 million children employed (4.5million are girls and 5.6 million are boys) are mainly forced to work in: Tea plantations
                                                              Cotton plantations
                                                               Matches and fireworks
                                                               Mining
                                                              Lock making industries
The state of Uttar Pradesh itself has an astonishing 2.1 million laborers while the state of Bihar has a Million laborers and Tamil Nadu has 125,000 laborers
Some of the major causes of child labour identified by UNICEF are “The poverty and illiteracy of a child’s parents, the family’s social and economic circumstances, a lack of awareness about the harmful effects of child labour, lack of access to basic and meaningful quality education and skills training, high rates of adult unemployment and under-employment, and the cultural values of the family and surrounding society.”
Juveniles that are absolutely unaware are also at a very high risk of being forced into this business.
As it has been stated by ‘Poverties’ “Everyone agrees that child labor is a plague but most families know they don’t have much choice: not putting a child to work means there won’t be enough food on the table for everyone.”
Another major cause would be the lack of option for a family.
So how about this is looked into and the world is given a better choice to help eradicate and save the young souls.
Child Labour is at an all-time high in scheduled tribes and the kids are subject to physical, sexual and emotional abuse. This is a bad omen for the future of the country, where its backward classes remain trapped in their backward socio-economic setup.
The physiological and the physiological effects of child labour leave an unmanageable number of people with mental health issues in the upcoming generations.
Due to unhygienic work conditions and an extremely tight work schedule all lead to a very lower morale of kids sending them into depression and the dirty work space and bad healthcare lead to a greater mortality rate and in turn obscuring the country’s economic growth due to the lack of an efficient workforce that can only be achieved by a greater literacy rate.

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