Challenges in Child Labour Law Enforcement
Despite the passing of the Child Labour (Prevention and Regulation) Act by Parliament two decades ago, the incidence of working children continues to increase. This poses a critical challenge to the effective enforcement of laws aimed at safeguarding children's rights and ensuring their welfare. Addressing this issue requires a multi-faceted approach involving proactive measures from authorities, civil society engagement, and public awareness campaigns.
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COMPREHENSION EXERCISE (RGU EXAMS FOR B.A. I SEM) Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow in not more than 3 sentences each: Two decades after Parliament passed the Child Labour (Prevention and Regulation) Act, the number of working children is still on the rise. The Labour Ministry recently released the latest statistics on working children, which say the number of employed children has gone up from 11.3 million in 1991 to 12.6 million in 2001. Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan account for most of the increase , the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Labour and Employment was recently informed. In Uttar Pradesh, working children numbered a staggering 1.9 million in 2001
CONTINUED Whereas the number was 1.4 million ten years ago when Uttaranchal was part of the State. Rajasthan has nearly doubled its child labour population. As against 7.7lakh in 1991, the state had in 2001, nearly 1.2 million working children, Ministry. West Bengal witnessed a marginal increase from 7.1 lakh to 8.5 lakh. There is, however, good news from Andhra Pradesh and Maharastra, two states that had shown a substantial decline in child labour in 2001. In Andhra Pradesh, the number of working children came down to 1.3 million in 2001 from 1.6 million in 1991 Maharastra was from 1 million to 7.6 lakh. Child rights activists have criticised the government for not doing enough for rehabilitation of the released working children, who they say are in most of the cases the only bread earners for their families. says the Labour and the decline in
CONTINUED Questions: 2x5 = 10 Answers: Which is the state with the largest number of working children? Which states have shown a sharp decline in child labour? Uttar Pradesh is the state with the largest number of working children. Andhra Pradesh and Maharastra have shown a sharp decline in child labour. Uttar pradesh, Rajasthan, and West Bengal have shown an increase in child labour. Which states have shown an increase in child labour?
CONTINUED Questions: Answers: The activists criticising government they enough rehabilitation of the released who in most of the cases are bread earners their families. child rights are the because not doing Why are child rights activists criticising the government? are for children, the only for
CONTINUED Questions: Answers: The Act was passed by Parliament year 1986. Child Labour When was the Child Labour act passed by Parliament? in the
CONTINUED Select any five verbal/prepositional phrases from the passage given above. 1x5 = 5 Answers: Verbal Phrases: ( phrasal verbs) gone up came down Prepositional Phrases: On the rise Of working children Of the increase Of the state Of the cases For their families Read the text once more and try to select All such phrases if you can.
CONTINUED Find out synonyms of any five of the following from the passage given above. 1x5=5 Answers: (synonyms) (i) rise (ii) statistics (iii) staggering (iv) marginal (v) decline (vi) released (vii) in most of (i) Increase (ii) data (iii) whopping (iv) slight (v) decrease (vi) freed (vii)almost
