Child Labour in India: A National and International Perspective

The problem of Child Rights has emerged as one of the most vibrant issues for discussion in this new millennium. This era of liberalization and globalization has not checked the violation of even basic human rights of children. Millions of children have no access to education, work for long hours in various types of hazardous and non-hazardous occupation for survival, forced to become child soldiers and are subjected to problems like sexual abuse, violence, trafficking.They are deprived of healthy nutritious diet and right to play. Enacting of legislation and policies has so far proved insufficient. Consequently, in order to understand various aspects of child rights and to ascertain loop holes in the existing laws and policies. Education especially the primary education through adoption of Common School System, the empowerment of woman and poor population with the involvement of NGOs, Corporate, Civil Society and the State are the few of pivotal recommendation of this book.