LAW RELATING TO CHILD LABOUR IN INDIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IN PUDUCHERRY

Abstract

The plight of children working in the automobile industry especially in the automobile repair workshops before the period of this research seemed to be an instigation to conduct an exclusive research on the subject. Though the research is actually on the Law relating to Child Labour in India, the study is restricted to automobile industry in Puducherry. The research question is whether the problem of child labour in the said industry in India with particular reference to Puducherry could be controlled or curbed. This implies that the menace has to be controlled in the larger context in India as a whole with Puducherry being a part of it. An intensive analytical study has been made as to the measures that could contribute to eradication of child labour in India. In that way of the matter, a research on the position obtaining in developed and developing countries regarding child labour has also been made to find some innovative solutions from them. Therefore the study itself seems to divided, one with respect to India and the other with reference to Puducherry. While the analytical part of the research would help finding solutions for child labour in India, the empirical study would analyse the background, causes and probable solutions that would work out in Puducherry.