Building a Wider
Horizon With Labour
The Rajya Sabha passed the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012 last Tuesday. The Bill has been generally well received, with the introduction of a ban on all forms of employment of children below the age of 14 years heartily welcomed. If the legislation seeks to fully address the issues of India’s 4.5 million child labourers, it still has much scope for improvement.
