Child Labour and Human trafficking an overview of Telangan State:
Introduction:Compiled By Kanagiri S prasadThe Gov...: Introduction: Compiled By Kanagiri S prasad The Government of Telangana has done a wonderful job, all these years earlier governments ha...
Sunday, 1 February 2015
Saturday, 31 January 2015
The Government of Telangana has done a wonderful job, all these years earlier governments have neglected child and bonded laborers Issues. The initiation of present Government with the Police and Labour departments in particular should be appreciated one and all and they have rescued so far more than 1400 children in one month’s time from 2015January in all districts of Telangana State and they are making all arrangement to send them to their respective native places. Most of the children are belonging to states of Bihar, Bengal Orissa and UP from the districts /areas like Gaya, Patnam Nalandam Joonafhad, Bhelam Juhunabad, Navada,Padasia, Thayolu, and Bengal and the middle men managed to bring these unfortunate children and they were doing their job more than 12 hours in depleted condition in Old cities like Bhavaninagar, gajulabanda, Kanchanbagh, Falaknama, Hussainalam, Thalab katta, Charminar and Chatrinaka and that to in a unhygienic condition and they have lost their child hood and who will be responsible for all these. Of course we are all…… We wish that similar incidents should not be encouraged and The child has every right to live in and enjoy their child hood and they need to be educated .There is s no doubt some NGO’s are doing wonderful job. If The Government intervenes and resolve the issue it can be minimized. The Police department of Telangana State is doing excellent job and everyone should appreciate their efforts for exposing the child labour rackets in Telangana State.Bonded Labour:
A person becomes a bonded laborer when their labour is demanded as a means of repayment for a loan. Many bonded laborers are forced to work to repay debts their employer says they owe, and they are not allowed to work for anyone else.
Today the International Labour Organization estimates a minimum 11.7 million people are in Forced labour in the Asia-Pacific region, the majority of these are in debt bondage.
Despite laws prohibiting it, child labor is rampant in South Asia's handmade rug industry. Children ages 4 to 14 are kidnapped or sold and forced to work as many as 18 hours a day to weave rugs destined for export markets such as the US and Europe. They are subject to malnutrition, impaired vision, deformities from sitting long hours in cramped loom sheds, respiratory diseases from inhaling wool fibers and wounds from using sharp tools. Those working as bonded laborers have no chance to earn their freedom and frequently earn little or no money. This exploitation is a form of modern slavery.Child Labour:
Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful.Causes for Child labour
•Poverty •Parental illiteracy •Tradition of making children learn the family skills •Absence of universal compulsory Primary education •Social apathy and tolerance of child labour •Ignorance of the parents about the adverse consequences of Child labour •Ineffective enforcement of the legal provisions pertaining to child labour •Non-availability of and non-accessibility to schools •Irrelevant and non-attractive school curriculum •Employers prefer children as they constitute cheap labour and they are not able toEarlier Committees
Government formed the first committee in 1979 called Gurupadaswamy Committee to study the issue of child labour and to suggest measures to tackle it.
Based on the recommendations of Gurupadaswamy Committee, the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act was enacted in 1986.
The Act prohibits employment of children in certain specified hazardous occupations and processes and regulates the working conditions in others.
The list of hazardous occupations and processes is progressively being expanded on the recommendation of Child Labour Technical Advisory Committee constituted under the Act. In consonance with the above approach, a National Policy on Child Labour was formulated in 1987. The Policy seeks to adopt a gradual & sequential approach with a focus on rehabilitation of children working in hazardous occupations & processes in the first instance. Child labour censusThe National Child Labour project: Hyderbad Few examples of under NCLP Projects
He is Master MD Rahmath son of Usman worked as a child labour in Quadri oil stores and global communication in bandlaguda , Hyderabad. The NCLP enforcement team rescued the child and taken him in presence and send to Velugu voluntary organization.
Human trafficking is the trade in humans, most commonly for the purpose of forced labour for the trafficker or others Human trafficking can occur within a country or trans-nationally. Human trafficking is a crime against the person because of the violation of the victim's rights of movement through coercion and because of their commercial exploitation. Human trafficking is the trade in people, and does not necessarily involve the movement of the person from one place to another.Remedies
1.Try to educate the parents about the importance of child's in this country. 2.Give a fruitful work to the parents who are idle. 3.By giving a job they will try to provide education to their children. 4.Once the children's are educated the whole problem of the child labour may get eliminated. stop employing child servants in our homes/apartments/localities etc.
5.Do not allow factories to employ children as workers. 6.Refuse to take services from those outlet that employ children. 7.Whenever u can or u get a chance try educating at least one child in ur locality.
Around 350 children have been rescued and we are in the process of finding out if some more children are forced to work (as child labourers)," Hyderbad Police Commissioner M Mahender Reddy told reporters.
"The Telangana government is very particular... We are also particular and wherever this problem is there we are trying to unearth it (rescue child-labourers). We are working in coordination with labour department and other agencies," the police commissioner said.NGO’s demand new legislation”
Child Rights and You (CRY), a non-governmental organisation fighting for the rights of children in India, has demanded that the Union government should ban employment of children below 18 years.
CRY has succeeded in freeing child labour in 83 villages in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, according to Suma. She told the media in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday, 3 September 2014 , that erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh ranked sixth in the country in child labour concentration after Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Rajasthan.
Telangana and AP accounts for 14.7% of India's total child labour. "In AP, we have identified about 10 critical districts and around 19 blocks and 481 villages in Telangana. And we have managed to ensure 4,620 children, covering 83 villages, were mainstreamed back into schools in these states," Suma added.
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