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a principal reason for the reduction in child labour
Whatever might have been the rationale for the CLPRA to be enacted, that logic is now a non sequitur. You cannot have one law that promises elementary education to all children and another one regulating child labour. Children cannot be expected to be both working and in school at the same time. The RTE overrides the CLPRA and the latter is in clear conflict with the former. This being the case, the very first step must be to amend the CLPRA to remove the "regulation" terminology. No child under 14 should be engaged in child labour. India is one of the few countries that have not ratified ILO Convention No. 138 that states that the basic minimum age of employment is 15 years. Paloma Picasso Loving Heart earrings, any law that is mandated with tackling child labour cannot overlook the category of children in agriculture if it is serious about eliminating child labour given that the majority of child workers are in agriculture.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the growth of 7.4 per cent in 2009-10 as one of the best performances in the Elsa Peretti Eternal Circle earrings after the recent global economic crisis. India is indeed a country of stark contrasts. On the one hand, we have the distinction of doing well on economic growth despite a bleak global scenario. On the other, we have the dubious distinction of having the highest number of child labourers in the world.
Despite being a country of promise and rapid economic growth, poverty is often cited as a reason for the extent of child labour. This is a simplistic, reductionist argument. Families with child labourers are typically from the most marginalised communities in society. More often than not, they are deprived of minimum wages and unaware of any alternate source of income. Lack of education and social discrimination also mean that they fail to stake claim to the benefits of various social Tiffany Elsa Peretti Sevillana earrings schemes available for them.
Countries that have undergone rapid economic development over the last 100 years have also reduced the extent of child labour. While increased per capita income may be a principal reason for the reduction in child labour, legal and political reform combined with investments in education played a bigger role and it can even be argued that the reduction in child labour was itself a significant factor in subsequent economic growth.
Eliminating child labour should be seen as a generational investment, a sustained commitment to our future generation in order to reap the benefits when they reach adulthood. Initially, the economic burden may outweigh the returns but as has been the experience of some Elsa Peretti Bean earrings countries, the economic dividends from improved health and education can only be positive. The investments necessary to end child labour can be made, and they must be made.
