Let’s Bring a Change on World Day Against Child Labour

Let’s take a pledge to eradicate child labour from India.

World Day against Child Labour is observed on 12 June. 

(Photo: Reuters)

(This video was first published on 12 June 2016 and has been reposted from The Quint’s archives to mark World Day Against Child Labour.)

In every nook and cranny of India, countless children who have been robbed of their childhood and forced into child labour.

According to the 2011 census by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the number of working children in India, falling under the age group of 5-14 years, is nearly 43.53 lakh.