Child labour rampant despite ban
Despite laws banning child labour, hundreds of children are working in the bangle industry in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh.
Helen Long reports.
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- The problem of child labour in India is huge.
- The market shown in the report is in Southern India.
- It is famous for its grass bangles.
- Children come to this market to look for work.
- All children workers are over 10 years of age.
- They are paid US$1.00 per day.
- The boy interviewed would rather work than study.
- It is illegal in India to employ children.
- The official interviewed denies the claims that children work long hours.
- Employing young children in India has gone on for years.
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