The Myths Underlying Child Labour

India has completed 50 years of Independence. Today, the country has an estimated 70-80 million child labourers. In other words, there are 70-80 million children prematurely leading adult lives.

Bonded labour in Nepal

There are roughly a million landless waged labourers in Nepal. A significant fraction of them work as permanent labourers under a wide varieties of terms and conditions

International Law on Bonded Labor Applicable in India

In addition to domestic laws, India is a party to numerous international human rights conventions and is thus legally bound by them. An extensive review is presented by the Human Rights Watch report on bonded labor in India.

Bonded Labor Laws Lack Enforcement

Despite strong laws, there has been negligible enforcement. The bureaucratic machinery and the political leadership of India are responsible for India having the largest bonded child labor population.

Indian Laws Against Bonded Labor

A review of the domestic laws in India that protect children against bonded labor and the strength of those laws. The Human Rights Watch report provides extensive review of these laws.

The Hidden Factory: Child Labour in India

Have we, as consumers, ever stopped to wonder where the trinkets, ornaments, decorative pieces that we buy, the very clothes that we wear and the cuppa tea that starts our day, come from?