Examines whether there are any funds for children related activities.

Ranga Reddy district, where the present study is carried out is marked by low literacy rate and high concentration of child labour. M.V.Foundation adopted 16 Mandals of this district for the implementation of a programme aimed at elimination of child labour system and universalisation of primary...

The emphasis on education assumes importance given the recent recognition of human capital, human rights and human development perspectives of development. Hence educational deprivation is recognized as the primary agent of human deprivation and all necessary measures are required to ensure...

While bans against child labor are a common policy tool, there is very little empirical evidence validating their effectiveness. In this paper, it is examined that the consequences of India’s landmark legislation against child labor, the Child Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act of...

On 24th May 2012, the United Nations Human Right Council reviewed India’s human rights record during the 13th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva, Switzerland. This was India’s second review under the UPR. This report briefly provides information about the...

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One third of the population of India are children below the age of 18 years. They are citizens of this country. Even though they do not vote, they have all rights as equal citizens of the country. How concerned are our parliamentarians about them- after all they represent them too. [HAQCRC].

This study examines time use data for 1244 children in the age-group 6-12 years in 274 villages in eight states in rural north India to understand the tradeoffs between time spent in school, time spent at work, time spent on home study and leisure. [IGIDR WP-2013-023].

This paper talks of good outcomes of Globalisation which needs to be further inproved wherein Institutional response mechanisms should be designed to address any problems that may arise in specific areas, complimentary policies should be used to enhance the good effects and more caution and...

The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act was passed in 1986. It banned Child Labour from a list of hazardous industries, and over the next 25 years, continued to add sectors and tasks to the list of ‘hazardous’ ones, thus gradually increasing the scope of the act to cover...