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Where are you getting this idea from? As a resident Indian, as far as I know (a) children have a guaranteed right to education which keeps them in school until
by Sai_ 4y ago
Where are you getting this idea from?
As a resident Indian, as far as I know (a) children have a guaranteed right to education which keeps them in school until 14 (b) children in fabric sweatshops was never an Indian thing. Children in brick kilns and beedi factories rolling beedis because of their nimble fingers used to be a thing.
- unmole 4y agoAs of 2021, India had an estimated 160 million child laborers. Children in textile factories is absolutely a thing. Look up Sumangali scheme for just one example.
- Sai_ 4y agoWiki says there are 200 million odd child labourers globally. As per the Indian census of 2011, the number of child labourers in India is way lower than your 160 M figure. India’s census figures are mostly reliable, unlikely to be off by an order of magnitude. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour_in_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour_in_India
- unmole 4y agoI was way off. 160 Million doesn't even pass the smell test.
- cookie_monsta 4y agoCorrect. There are only ~ 11 million child labourers in India. Nothing to see here, move along.
- Sai_ 4y agoAs per this link, there are 1.8 billion children globally (i.e. below 14). India has roughly 250 Million children so around 14% of the world population of children. There are roughly 250 million child laborers globally of which 11 million are Indian children so around 4.4% of the global child labor population is Indian. I.e., despite having 14% of the world's kids, only 4.4% are child laborers. I'd say India is moving in the right direction when it comes to child welfare. https://www.culturalworld.org/what-percentage-of-the-worlds-population-is-children.htm https://www.culturalworld.org/what-percentage-of-the-worlds-...
- cookie_monsta 4y agoSo, having abandoned your points A and B above, your new point is that being that there are countries with worse child labour problems, India is moving in the right direction? None of the quoted stats or linked articles support the assertion that things are improving. The only trend that I can see noted is that Indian child labourers are moving to the cities to do manufacturing work and abandoning rural/agriculture work which on the face of it doesn't seem like a fully positive development development all.