CHILD LABOUR

              ( BY SHRIRAM BANSAL )

Children in Indian society has always been a topic less spoken or discussed. The reasons of the same can be traced back to the socio-cultural background of the country. In the world children are taken as the greatest gift to humanity. 

Child labourers are exploited, exposed to hazardous work conditions and paid apittance for their  long hours of work. They belong to the unorganized labour force. The constitution of India  says that :

Child labourers are exploited, exposed to hazardous work conditions and paid a pittance for their long hours of work.

Childhood is an important stage of human development as it holds the potential to the future of any society. Children who are brought up in an environment which is helpful to their intellectual, physical and social development will go on to be responsible and productive part of the society. Thus every society links its future to the present status of its children.