The word or expression ‘Child’ has been characterised in “Child Labour (prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 as a man who has not completed the age of 14 years. Ann offspring of such age is relied upon to play and concentrate on and be joyful about his life.” UNICEF has defined child labour as; “a child labour is one who involves in activities under


the following classification:


a) Children of 5 to 11 years of age, he or she did at least 1 hour of economic activities or at least 28 hours of domestic work in a week
b) Children between 12 to 14 years of age, he or she did at least 14 hours of economic activities or at least 42 hours of domestic work in a week” India is the second most populated nation in the world and is also ranked second for the employment of child labour. Some causes of child labour are:
1) Poverty: the need of employment, needs etc make the guardians send their children to work despite their age
2) Professional necessities: There are several industries where there is a need of small and fragile hands to get the work done. Since, a grown up cannot fulfil this criterion the children are usually employed to complete the tasks.
3) Past obligations: India has most of the population under the poverty line due to which all the unemployed or the illiterates go to loan or money lenders and specialists to obtain cash. With time they become unable to pay it and think its extremely hard to pay back the obligation and the intrigue taken by them. However, there are several laws which are made to govern child labour. Some include
? The Factories Act of 1948: this act does not allow a child below the age of 14 to work or be employed in any industrial facility or any facility which is unsafe for
working. The law also elaborates on what can a 15-year-old work on and to what extent.
? The Mines Act of 1952: This act prohibits any child beneath the age of 18 years to work in any sort of mine.
? The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986: this act, similar to the The Factories Act of 1948, does not allow any child below the age of 14 years to work in any unsafe place.

There are many more acts which govern the law against child labour.  India with Economic Development can completely beat the Major issue of Child Labour
and Employment in a financially developed country. This way there would be no employment issues.
The Government has introduced many acts and laws which help preventing child labour and child unemployment. There are even Non-Governmental organisations which help in governing all activities against child labour.