Prelims · 6 Indian Society · 6.9 Children, youth and the elderly

6.9.6 Child labour and trafficking: the 1986 Act and 2016 amendment, ILO conventions and the Palermo Protocol

Since 2016 Indian law bans all work by children below 14 (with two narrow exceptions) and hazardous work by adolescents aged 14 to 18, while trafficking is tackled under Article 23, the BNS and the Palermo Protocol.

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Key terms

  • child labour
  • Gurupadaswamy Committee
  • Child and Adolescent Labour Act
  • adolescent
  • hazardous occupations
  • family enterprise
  • PENCIL
  • NCLP
  • M.C. Mehta Sivakasi
  • ILO Convention 138
  • ILO Convention 182
  • trafficking
  • Palermo Protocol
  • 3P
  • BNS 143
  • Bachpan Bachao Andolan
  • Kailash Satyarthi

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