Child labour is a pressing problem in India. There is a vicious cycle of poverty that triggers the need for child labourers in the country. There are various kinds of poverty; absolute poverty and relative poverty are just some parts of it. The country’s spectrum of poverty is so broad that it increases the number of children labourers manifold.
Child labour is the use of children in producing goods and services. They are employed by the producers at minimal wages, which makes them susceptible to violence and any unjust activity. They are paid minimal wages and are made to work for almost nine hours in a day. The procedure of converting them to child labour is easy. The parents themselves want the children to get involved in such activities. These parents cannot generate the basic income necessary for sustaining themselves. The parents are helpless. However, some parents do not want to bear the burden of having too many children and giving their last child to these factory owners. Children are easy to target because they are easily manageable and do not complain.
When such children grow old, they find it difficult to be profitably employed. Being uneducated they are forced to do menial jobs and live in poverty. They also turn to illegal activities for sustaining their family.
Therefore, child labour is also a threat to the nation’s future and growth. Any nation cannot progress socially and economically if its children are not happy and educated. Child labour does considerable damage to society and to the nation. If we ever want the nation to succeed, we must end child labour at once.
Poor, hungry, uneducated and tired from work children, should be the main concern of the government and society. Child Labour laws should be made more strong and implemented strongly. We all must work together to free every child from the cage of child labour.
UB Trust aim is to make Child Labour free from India. On this mission we are holding camps to make the parents understand how important is education for them.