embargo on child labour

"EMBARGO ON CHILD LABOUR"

The government’s decision to ban on employment of children under 14 years of age has polarized the concerned agencies, who on one side feel that it is a step towards ameliorating the conditions of these infants but on the other hand it calls for proper rehabilitation of these children, basic health care and primary education which will not let then recede into the ignominy of ‘bonded labor’ in households in metros.

Also there is a huge flaw in govt.’s policy as employing a child in an industry is not termed as hazardous& is therefore not banned, but ‘regulated’. Who will decide which industry is hazardous or non-hazardous? This will decided by the venerable clerks and babus whose opinion vacillate by applying grease on their hands(money).

This problem is actually deep rooted in our economy in which there is an abject contrast between the rich & poor. Until, that gap is narrowed down there is no choice for a daily wage labourer to send his children to work.