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Save the Children has long been concerned about the prevalence of child labour in India and actively engages with key stakeholders to raise awareness about the negative effect it has on the childhood and rights of a working child and on their prospects for future personal and professional development. The estimates of working children in India range greatly, with figures as varied as 12.6 million acknowledged in the Government of India’s 2001 Census, to approximately 50 million as suggested by many NGOs.
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However, it is important to note that Government figures do not include children between 15 and 18 and also fail to consider those children involved in agriculture—it is estimated that that up to 75% of child labourers under fourteen are engaged in traditional agricultural activities.
Many, if not all, child labourers work in unacceptable conditions, their most basic rights denied. All are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.
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