The Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has informed the Rajya Sabha that the Government of India has banned employment of children below 14 years for
dhabas and domestic work. As per 2001 census, the
total number of working children between the age group 5-14 years in the
country was 1.26 crore out of which 12 lakh children were working in hazardous occupations and
processes including domestic workers, Dhabas/Restaurants
etc. However, as per NSSO survey 2009-10, the working children are estimated at
49.84 lakh which shows declining trend. The details
of the industries where employment of children as per the Child Labour
(Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 is prohibited is at Annexure-I.
States/UT Governments are
appropriate Government for implementation of the Child Labour(Prohibition
& Regulation) Act, 1986 in the areas comes under their jurisdiction. Under
Section 3 of the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986,
prohibits the employment of children below the age of 14 years in 18
Occupations and 65 Processes. Any person who employs a child in any occupation
or process where employment of children is prohibited under the Child Labour
(Prohibition & Regulation) Act, is liable for punishment with imprisonment
for term which shall not be less than 3 months but which may extend to one year
or with fine ranging from Rs.10,000/- to Rs.20,000/-.
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ANNEXURE-I
Occupations (Non Industrial Activity)
Any
occupation concerned with: -
(1)
Transport
of passengers, goods or mails by railways;
(2)
Cinder
picking, clearing of an ash pit or building operation in the railway premises;
(3)
Work
in a catering establishment at a railway station, involving the movement of a
vendor or any other employee of the establishment from the one platform to
another or in to or out of a moving train;
(4)
Work
relating to the construction of a railway station or with any other work where
such work is done in close proximity to or between the railway lines;
(5)
A
port authority within the limits of any port;
(6) Work
relating to selling of crackers and fireworks in shops with temporary licenses;
(7) Abattoirs/Slaughter
House;
(8) Automobile
workshops and garages;
(9)
Foundries;
(10)
Handling of toxic or inflammable
substances or explosives;
(11)
Handloom
and power loom industry;
(12)
Mines (underground and under water) and collieries;
(13)
Plastic
units and fibreglass workshops;
(14) Domestic
workers or servants;
(15) Dhabas (roadside eateries), restaurants, hotels, motels,
tea shops, resorts, spas or other
recreational centers; and
(16) Diving.
(17) Caring of elephant.
(18) Working in the circus.
Part B
Processes (Industrial
Activity)
(1)
Beedi-making.
(2)
Carpet-weaving
including preparatory and incidental process thereof”;
(3)
Cement
manufacture, including bagging of cement.
(4)
Cloth printing, dyeing and weaving
including processes preparatory and incidental thereto:
(5)
Manufacture
of matches, explosives and fire-works.
(6)
Mica-cutting
and splitting.
(7)
Shellac
manufacture.
(8)
Soap
manufacture.
(9)
Tanning.
(10) Wool-cleaning.
(11)
Building
and construction industry including processing and polishing of granite stones”
(12) Manufacture of slate pencils (including
packing).
(13) Manufacture of products from agate.
(14) Manufacturing processes using toxic
metals and substances such as lead, mercury, manganese, chromium, cadmium,
benzene, pesticides and asbestos.
(15) “Hazardous processes” as defined in
Sec. 2 (cb) and ‘dangerous operation’ as notice in rules made under section 87 of the
Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948)
(16) Printing
as defined in Section 2(k) (iv) of the Factories Act,
1948 (63 of 1948)
(17) Cashew
and cashewnut descaling and
processing.
(18) Soldering
processes in electronic industries.
(19) Aggarbatti’ manufacturing.
(20) Automobile repairs and
maintenance including processes incidental thereto namely, welding, lathe work,
dent beating and painting.
(21)
Brick
kilns and Roof tiles units.
(22)
Cotton
ginning and processing and production of hosiery goods.
(23)
Detergent
manufacturing.
(24)
Fabrication
workshops (ferrous and non ferrous)
(25)
Gem
cutting and polishing.
(26)
Handling
of chromite and manganese ores.
(27)
Jute
textile manufacture and coir making.
(28)
Lime
Kilns and Manufacture of Lime.
(29)
Lock
Making.
(30)
Manufacturing
processes having exposure to lead such as primary and secondary smelting,
welding and cutting of lead-painted metal constructions, welding of galvanized
or zinc silicate, polyvinyl chloride, mixing (by hand) of crystal glass mass,
sanding or scraping of lead paint, burning of lead in enamelling workshops,
lead mining, plumbing, cable making, wiring patenting, lead casting, type
founding in printing shops. Store
typesetting, assembling of cars, shot making and lead glass blowing.
(31)
Manufacture
of cement pipes, cement products and other related work.
(32)
Manufacture
of glass, glass ware including bangles, florescent tubes, bulbs and other
similar glass products.
(33)
Manufacture
of dyes and dye stuff.
(34)
Manufacturing
or handling of pesticides and insecticides.
(35)
Manufacturing
or processing and handling of corrosive and toxic substances, metal cleaning
and photo engraving and soldering processes in electronic industry.
(36)
Manufacturing
of burning coal and coal briquettes.
(37)
Manufacturing
of sports goods involving exposure to synthetic materials, chemicals and
leather.
(38)
Moulding
and processing of fiberglass and plastic.
(39)
Oil
expelling and refinery.
(40)
Paper
making.
(41)
Potteries
and ceramic industry.
(42)
Polishing,
moulding, cutting, welding and manufacturing of brass goods in all forms.
(43)
Processes
in agriculture where tractors, threshing and harvesting machines are used and
chaff cutting.
(44)
Saw
mill – all processes.
(45)
Sericulture
processing.
(46)
Skinning,
dyeing and processes for manufacturing of leather and leather products.
(47)
Stone
breaking and stone crushing.
(48)
Tobacco
processing including manufacturing of tobacco, tobacco paste and handling of
tobacco in any form.
(49)
Tyre
making, repairing, re-treading and graphite beneficiation.
(50)
Utensils
making, polishing and metal buffing.
(51)
‘Zari’ making (all processes)’.
(52) Electroplating;
(53) Graphite powdering and incidental
processing;
(54)
Grinding or glazing of metals;
(55)
Diamond cutting and polishing;
(56)
Extraction of slate from mines;
(57)
Rag picking and scavenging;
(58)
Processes involving exposure to excessive heat
(e.g. working near furnace) and cold;
(59)
Mechanised
fishing;
(60)
Food
Processing;
(61)
Beverage
Industry;
(62)
Timber
handling and loading;
(63)
Mechanical
Lumbering;
(64)
Warehousing;
(65)
Processes
involving exposure to free silica such as slate, pencil industry, stone
grinding, slate stone mining, stone quarries, and agate industry.
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