In the hours in the capital of India; Sisters Soni and Laxmi, aged 10 and 12 years respectively, their day begins as early as six in the morning, both on foot barefoot down the road Nizammudin Lodhi (Some of the roads of Delhi stylish) carrying heavy bags …. but please … not confuse these bags full of bags school with books and Stationaries … these are heavy to carry jute bags to collect rags. Collecting paper, plastic, bottles, bones, metals and sometimes discarded for feed its hungry belly. Ask about future plans, "Pata nahi, Roz Khana mil jaye wahi thik hai''(we know, getting two square meals a day is what we dream for). Earlier both used to work as a maid, but after the government notification on 10 October 2006, many of them had to lose their jobs, as the law prohibits children from working in the hospitality industry. Although they had to work for more than 10-12 hours a day, but at least they were certain that the end of the day they would have enough to eat, but now even that has become ensuring in the daily struggle for them.
After much ado one of notification was issued by the Ministry of Labor on October 10, 2006, under the Child Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, that children shall not be employed in domestic service or as an aid in dhabes, restaurants, hotels, motels, tea shops, resorts, spas, or other recreational centers. But one year on the line, you can very easily accessible to children working in the witness above such locations, also in miserable conditions. "Perhaps the private rehabilitation of these children is the most important aspect missing from the law. It has to be institutionalized in a sporadic way, "says Shantha Sinha, Raman Magsaysay Awardee and Chairman of the National Commission for the Protection the Rights of the Child.
But Advocate Ashok Aggarwal who has been working on the Rights of the Child says that children as such, can not be rehabilitated, instead of their parents may be employed under programs such as National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Elaborate on why you should encourage the rehabilitation of children Aggarwal said, "Take the example of Lajpat Nagar Institutional Care home where children are treated like prisoners. Even when they go to school 3.4 escorts them. Housing is children do not even have the right to walk freely. "
So if there's a law that has been brought to the betterment of society, is of the Law success, even in a united front? "Where the nongovernmental organizations that have rescued the children. If the ban is not enacted, These children have continued to work. However, there are still some hurdles that need correction. "Says Shantha Sinha. One of the ways work last time, that the law has taken place within a year, which has spread awareness about the illegality of child labor. Deliberating on the same Ashok Aggarwal, said, "government propaganda fueled the fire. People are at least aware that employing children is illegal."
For its part, the Government yet to come up with a database on how many children have been rescued so far, and a history of children who were rescued in the past of a year. According to records from the 2001 census, the figures of child labor in the country touched 1.26 million rupees. However, advocacy groups, the figure up to maximum of 6 billion rupees. According ML Dhar, a former spokesman of the Ministry of Labor Union under the National Child Labor Project (NCLP), three children Lakh have been rehabilitated. NCLP is currently operational in 13 endemic states of child labor and Eleventh Five Year Plan is a proposal to cover all districts under NCLP.
Shantha Sinha said: "The number of rescued children is very low. The issue of child labor should be a priority for the concerned ministry, in fact for the country and should be treated as an emergency. "So what can be the solution to curb child labor." The only way eliminate the threat is to educate children, which is anyway a fundamental right of every child as enshrined in the Constitution. Education Article-21 (A) guarantees free and compulsory to all children in the 6-14 age group, "says Sinha." The government should establish coordination between the Ministry Work, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan and Welfare to develop a protocol of activities. There should be no excuse. The Labor Ministry is to incorporate some changes in legislation working to ensure every child to enjoy their fundamental right to education ", Shantha Sinha added.
Stresses Ashok Aggarwal, "Government has to play an important role than it does now, schools must play an important role. Teachers need to be regular so that the children are de-motivated the dropout rate, otherwise the apathy of the government schools in one way or another promotion of what is called the recycling of child labor. "
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