Lost Innocence: A Case Study of Child Labour in the Indian Lock Industry

Shahana Purveen

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Lost Innocence: A Case Study of Child Labour in the Indian Lock Industry

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Pages:: 51–62

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9781848884113_006

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Child labour is one of the pressing issues currently confronting India and with many other South Asian countries. In India child labour is widespread and is not bring to an end despite of various Laws and policies in favour of working children. Working children are always vulnerable as regards to their basic rights such as right to love and affection, right to life, survival and development. Innocent children work in all the parts of country but a major chunk of these children is found in various industries of India like glass industry, lock industry, brassware industry, carpet industry, match industry etc. Many of these industries are situated in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Present study focuses on child labour in Lock Industry of Aligarh. Aligarh is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India and known as ‘Tala Nagri (lock city)’. At the national and international level, it is recognized for the production of locks but very few are aware that large number of children is working in the hazardous environment of the lock industry. In lock industries children are engaged in various hazardous actives such as working on hand presses, polishing and buffing machines, electroplating and spray painting units, filling components and etc. These activities are very hazardous especially for these little children due to the chemicals used. The study explains how the working environment/workplace affects the overall development of child labourers and it keeps them away from childhood. The study used qualitative emethodology as it tries to study the perception of child labourers, toward their overall development in the lock industry; it also tries to understand through the perception of employers and parents how the working life and work place affect the development children. Data has been analysed by using the qualitative narratives.

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