HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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low production cost.
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higher prices.
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smaller families.
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healthy children.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lack of education, illiteracy and consequently the lack of awareness of their rights among them have encouraged child labour. Also, uneducated parents do not know about the impact of child labour on their children.
Detailed explanation-2: -Child labour is very much in demand due to the following reasons: Child labour is much cheaper in comparison to adult labour. The employers are able to extract more work and give less money to the child labourers. Child labour is available in plenty because of poverty.
Detailed explanation-3: -Any person who employs a child below 14 or a child between 14 and 18 in a hazardous occupation or process can be punished with jail time of between six months and two years and/or fine between Rs. 20, 000 and Rs. 50, 000.
Detailed explanation-4: -This practice deprives the child of their childhood and causes harm to the physical and mental development. Child Labor can be seen as both a social and economic problem.