Ban on Child Labor Begins in India


	Ban on Child Labor Begins in India

arifsali

10-11-2006 5:36 PM

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india, children, labor

arifsali says:

This is a complicated situation.

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10-14-2006 11:33 AM

sohil

There was a BBC article on this about how a 12 year old kid became 14 in just one month to work.

Child Labour is wrong and unethical but how the numerous orphans feed and take care themselves. The Welfare provided by Governmental (if any) simply isn't reaching the masses.

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