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Child labour in India — the law, the numbers, and how to report it
If you have seen a child working, the reporting steps are at the top of this page, before anything else. Below that: what Indian law actually says, what the 2016 amendment changed, and what the real figures are.
Report it
If you have seen a child working
Definitions
Who counts as a child, and who as an adolescent
The 2016 amendment
What actually changed — and the exemption people argue about
The law
Seven statutes that govern this
The numbers
How many children, and why the figures disagree
Why it happens
The drivers
After a rescue
What the child is entitled to
Corrections