Child Labour Problems and Policy Issues
Contents: Foreword. Introduction. 1. Reforming the rural non-farm sector in the new millennium - urgent need for institutional reforms/R. Ramakrishna. 2. Gender and the changing pattern of labour force participation in India/T. Nirmala Devi. 3. Literacy rate and access to employment in schools progressive trends in Andhra Pradesh/D. Pulla Roa. 4. Educated unemployment in India (Does the outsourcing reduce the problem of India?)/K. Srinivasa Rao. 5. Worsening unemployment and policy imperatives/I. Satya Sundarara and B. Padma Narayan. 6. Socio-economic and legal impolications of Employment Guarantee Act (Draft) and possibilities for changes in the present pattern of labour force in rural India/B. Chakravarty. 7. Changing trends in work participation rates and women employment in India : implications for gender equality/D. Krishnamoorthy and G. Chandrasekar Rao. 8. Employment and its impact on empowerment/P. Leela. 9. Women entrepreneurs in Visakhapatnam city : a case study of embroidery enterprise/P. Tara Kumari, A. Lavanya Kumari and G. Vijaya Kumari. 10. Human rights perspective of women and work - a comparison of women workers in organised and unorganized work activities/S. Vanaja Rani. 11. Technological changes and women\'s participation in agriculture/K. Kajeswari. 12. Female workforce structure in rural India : a post reforms analysis/Talwar Sabanna. 13. Labour productivity in manufacturing industries of Andhra Pradesh - an analysis of pre and post libarilization/M.V. Narasimha Sarma, G.B. Franklin and N.J. Bhushanam. 14. Quality of life-shifts and implications/K. Rani Gopal. 15. Effect of globalization on employment/K. Sreerama Murty and R. Radha. 16. Globalization and workforce changes : gender issues in the service sector/M.V. Lakshmi. 17. Globalisation-workforce changes : a gender perspective/B. Ratna Kumari. 18. Globalization and employment : the impact of trade on employment in India (1987-88 to 2001-02)/Hailay Gebretinsae Beyene. 19. Economic reforms and employment scenario in India/Surya Rao. Kappagantula. 20. A study on quality of life in towns : a principal component analysis approach/N. Appa Rao, V. Ravindranath and P. Vijaya Kumar. 21. Impact of globalization on workforce participation/N. Mahalakshmi. 22. Employment scenario during reform period in India/K. Sumitha. 23. Impact of economic reforms on employment growth in Indian manufacturing industry/S. Vanitha, R. Bagavathi Muthu. 24. Scope for employment generation in sericulture : a study in Kolar district of Karnataka/Jayasheela, Vishwanatha, Shoukat Ali M. Magalmani. 25. Women empowerment in fisheries sector/U.N. Moorthy, S. Masthan Saheb. 26. Child labour dimensions and disparities - a case study of A.P./T. Koteswara Rao.
"\'Child Labour\' has become the problem of the hour across the globe with its multifaceted implications. The magnitude and dimension of the problem varies from region to region and received attention of the concerned including the International Labour Organization (ILO). This child labour scenario in Indian context presents a more pathetic picture as most of the children in 6 - 14 ages are found not in schools but engaged in cattle rearing, firewood collection, working in small industries, household works, tea stalls, dhabas, collecting rags and bottles from waste dumps and even begging.
Declaration of the year 1979 as the \'International Year of the Child\' has marked a beginning in the direction of taking measures for prohibition and regulation of child labour. In India, the \'Child Labour Act\' came into force in 1986.
The child labour is economically unsound, psychologically disastrous physically dangerous and harmful to the child. Children are exploited and exposed to hazardous working conditions and paid a pittance for their long-hours of work. These are forced to forego education shouldering responsibilities for beyond their age.
Realizing the seriousness of the problem, a national seminar on "Changing Pattern of the Workforce in India in the new Millennium Policy Imperatives" was organized in the Department of Economics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. The problem in Indian context has been discussed in different angles by different researchers. The present volume is an attempt to present these observations together for a better understanding of the problem situation in the early 2000s." (jacket)
