Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

Child Labour in Raichur City: A Socioeconomic Profile

Sharanabasavappa, Dr. S. L. Hiremath

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            Employment of children of less than 14 years is strictly prohibited in India, still due to different reasons such as poverty, poor economic support to families, family disorganization, etc, it is still prevailed.  The child labourers are facing many of the problems such as lower wages, longer working hours, ill health, poor psychological development, exploitation, sexual harassment, etc.  Hence, to study the problems of child labourers a sample survey was made in Raichur city in Karnataka and totally 120 child labourers were interviewed to collect the primary data.  It is found that, poverty is the main reason for child labour and ill health and exploitation in terms of lower wages and longer working hours are major problems faced by child labourers.  Hence, it is suggested to assign the responsibility of education of child labourers to their employers and prohibit child labour by imposing strict restrictions. 

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Sharanabasavappa, Dr. S.L. Hiremath, Child Labour in Raichur City: A Socioeconomic Profile, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-8 | AUGUST‾2017

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