Child labour in India: a health and human rights perspective.

Child Labour has become a growing phenomenon across the world. Millions of children are working in hazardous and exploitative conditions harmful to their physical, mental and moral development. When we talk of health of child workers, most of the children work more than 12 hours, inhuman conditions which result in physical deformities and make them vulnerable to several infectious and other disorders and diseases. Often the long hours work and poor environment conditions in the work place expose children to cramped conditions and hazardous substance. The acts and provisions are been stated by the government but their implementation is in stake.