Karnataka is planning to come out with State Child Labour Eradication Plan - Suggestions and Comments are requested

Rules and regulations against Child labour are there in every state of India. But the unfortunate thing is, we Indians are good in makings laws but very poor in implementing them. The corrupt government, The mafias and poor economy all together are responsible for compelling small children to work for living instead of studying...

While appreciating the efforts taken by the Karnataka Govt., it is worth suggesting the Central Govt. to take necessary initiative in order to bring in uniform policy all over the country, for absolute results.  Restrictions in one State will lead to exploitation in another, as there are no fool-proof rules to control interstate migration. Child labor laws need to be strictly implemented by the Legislation and regulated by the judiciary. Constitutional directives should support proper and equal educational opportunities. Government must pay attention to poverty and illiteracy levels, dearth of schools, ignorance, socially backwards practices etc by setting up a dedicated Commission and thereon act.

Which parent wants his child to work when his age is to study? But the economic condition of a poor man prohibits him to send his child to school and send him to work for others? The root cause of a child labour is their poor economic family condition. Government should strictly take care the growing population so that poverty comes into control and then should give economic helps to the people like helping them to get some labour work or introducing free fooding facility in schools so that at least for that parents can send their children to school and they get their basic education....

Complete family of the child labour should be taken in to consideration

If somebody is really serious of child labour eradication , then two things have to be taken care of :

1. Compensation to families of children for the amount or atleast some % of amount they will loose if their child donot go for Daily Labour work.

2. If child is not doing daily labour then they should gainfully engaged in terms of going to govt. sponsored school for gaining education which is job oriented so that when they finish there  education then they are gainfully employed.

I totally agree with the ideas posted by each of you.They all wouldn't make sense if you are unable to counsel the children and their families about the benefits of education and disadvantage of child labor in long term....We tried a similar campaign in Assam but the children leave the school within days or weeks either because they are unable to make through or due to pressure of the families...because they were taking it as a double earning opportunity (taking money as compensation from the NGOs and making their child work)So here implementation of strict laws comes into picture.But if we are able to convince the parents and children about the benefits of education in long term...the program can be a success....because our law will continue to have loopholes no matter how hard we try....

I am also in favor of a separate school for these children at least for 2 years till they are able to catch up with their other counterparts so that they don't feel inferiority complex and leave the school.

BANGALORE, India, Oct 5, 2009 (From AFP) - Devastating floods that killed more than 230 people in southern India have left close to 1.5 million others homeless, officials said Monday. The floods, triggered by days of torrential rain, have inundated swathes of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states, causing mass evacuations and leaving hundreds of thousands dependent on relief camps. The death toll on Monday stood at 233, with 170 killed in Karnataka, 37 in Andhra Pradesh and 26 in Maharashtra. With the rains showing signs of easing, officials said relief efforts were now focused on providing shelter to survivors whose homes had been wiped out. In Karnataka, one million people were homeless, of which more than 350,000 people had taken shelter in 1,200 relief camps in the worst-hit northern districts, H.V. Parashwanath, secretary of the state's disaster monitoring agency, told AFP. "We have commenced a survey to identify the remaining homeless for resettling and rehabilitation," he said. At least 200,000 homes were destroyed in Karnataka and almost 1,500 villages were partially or completely submerged, Parashwanath added. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah said around 475,000 people had been evacuated from their homes. Water discharged from the river Krishna threatened to engulf parts of the city of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, which was entirely cut off from the state capital Hyderabad after police closed the main road connecting the two.Road transportation and train services were also hit. The head of India's Congress Party Sonia Gandhi and Home Minister P. Chidambaram made an inspection flight over the affected areas in both states on Monday. In Maharashtra, S.C. Mohanty, head of the state's disaster management cell, said the situation was now "close to normal," after thousands had been evacuated from southern coastal areas.

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i am surprised of few things while living in my own country, surprise of govt. policy, i am unable to understand why we do not have central policy for education and child labour across the country? why each state has different policy for child labour and education? i had been to up and bihar recently to just reveiw pratham's programme and found alot of difference between both the states