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**radikal** · 06-13-2012, 03:16 AM

You can find them in posh apartments, slaughterhouses, teashops, dump yards, construction sites and at rail and bus stations and the number of children working in metros and smaller towns is increasing every year.

Child rights activists and children’s groups say that lack of stringent laws and loopholes in the existing ones are the main reasons for the increase in child workers.

Child rights activist Ms Virgil D. Sami said anyone under 18 should be considered a child. “In many firms, children aged between 15 and18 are employed and abused, physically and sexually in some cases. The age for children should be redefined in labour laws. At present there are different criteria of age for different jobs,” she said.

Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa asserted that Tamil Nadu leads other states in India in eliminating child labour practices and that her government is implementing several pro-children measures.

Deccan Chronicle - Indian Newspapers in English Language from Secunderabad

A nice article. In our organization we follow the practice of visiting vendor's factories and verify whether they employ any child labour. We are having a policy of black listing the vendors who employ directly or indirectly child labour.

Venkat

06-13-2012, 03:16 AM	#2
radikal Join Date Oct 2005 Age 54 Posts 4,523 Senior Member	You can find them in posh apartments, slaughterhouses, teashops, dump yards, construction sites and at rail and bus stations and the number of children working in metros and smaller towns is increasing every year. Child rights activists and children’s groups say that lack of stringent laws and loopholes in the existing ones are the main reasons for the increase in child workers. Child rights activist Ms Virgil D. Sami said anyone under 18 should be considered a child. “In many firms, children aged between 15 and18 are employed and abused, physically and sexually in some cases. The age for children should be redefined in labour laws. At present there are different criteria of age for different jobs,” she said. Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa asserted that Tamil Nadu leads other states in India in eliminating child labour practices and that her government is implementing several pro-children measures. Deccan Chronicle - Indian Newspapers in English Language from Secunderabad A nice article. In our organization we follow the practice of visiting vendor's factories and verify whether they employ any child labour. We are having a policy of black listing the vendors who employ directly or indirectly child labour. Venkat
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