Situation of Child Labour: Its Causes and Effects-- A Case Study

Abstract

Children are the future of nation or we can say that children are the most important assets of the society and future of nation depend upon how the children are educated and trained and how their mental and physical development is taken care of. On of the most important causes of child labour is poverty and unemployment particularly in the unorganized and rural areas which comples every member of the family, including children, to work to supplement the family income. So child labour is a multi-dimensional problem. Poverty, caste, tradition, size of family, labour scarcity, wage rates, illiteracy, ignorance, schooling facilities etc., are the major factor for the major factor for the occurrence of child labour. Present paper also seeks to given brief explanation of child labour situation in town.