CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA

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Recently the Union Government has stated that the government does not have any data on child labour in India.
The Union government has highlighted the lack of budgetary provisions for the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) has negatively affected their work.

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The Labour Ministry mentioned that in 2016 the national Child Labour Project (NCLP) was merged with the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, and after that, the Ministry has no records of child labour.
The currently available data is based on the Census 2011, which highlights that the country has more than a million child labourers.
The Labour Ministry stated that the nation needs to wait till the next census to make an assessment of the number of child labour in India.

It aims to eliminate all forms of child labour.
Identify and withdraw all children from child labour.
Provide education along with vocational training.
Ensuring the conjunction of services provided by different government departments/agencies for eliminating child labour.
Raising awareness amongst stakeholders and target communities.
Creation of a Child Labour Monitoring, Tracking and Reporting System.
Target Groups
1. All child workers below the age of 14 years.
2. Adolescent workers below the age of 18 years engaged in hazardous occupations/processes.
3. Families of Child workers in the identified target area.

Child Labour in India

The census of 2011 found that the total number of child labourers (aged 5–14) in India is more than 10.1 million.
A "Child" is defined as any person below the age of 14, and Indian laws prohibit the employment of a Child in any employment.
Children between the ages (of 14-18) are known as "Adolescents" and the law allows adolescents to be employed except in hazardous occupations and processes which include mining, inflammable substance and explosives-related work and any other hazardous process
Various laws in India, such as the Juvenile Justice (care and protection) of Children Act-2000, and the Child Labour (Prohibition and Abolition) Act-1986 provide guidelines to identify prosecute and stop child labour.