“Problems of the Child Labor and Social System in India”

Abstract

Child labor is the practice of having children engage in economic activity on a part or full time basis and the practice deprives children of their childhood and is harmful to their physical and mental development also it has been acceptable as a serious and challenging issue in the civilized societies around the globe. Its continued existence remains a source of concern for all segments of human society. Different socio-economic factors can be held responsible for the prevailing poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, lack of family planning, dissatisfaction about education system, absence of social security mechanism and many others. Now it is the responsibility of the government to provide children with their rights and to protect them from all sorts of exploitation, because the future of mankind and civilization lies in children.