Child Labour Prohibition & Regulation Act in India

Child Labour

Child labour refers to the derogatory practice of employing children on a part or full-time basis in economic activities. Such a practice can prove to be harmful to the mental and physical development of the child.

Child Labour Prohibition Act in India

Part A of Schedule I

All the occupations which have been listed under Part A of Schedule I are treated as prohibited occupations. List of occupations is as follows:

Employing child labour in transporting mails, goods or passengers by railway
Power loom and handloom industry
Fiberglass and plastic units’ workshop
Foundries
Underwater and underground mines as well as collieries
Handling of explosives or inflammable substances
Abattoirs/slaughter Houses
Automobile workshops and garages
The port authorities
Child labour working in railway station construction or any other area located in between or in close proximity to railway lines
Clearing of an ash pit, cinder picking and building operation undertaken in the railway premises
Child labour selling reworks and crackers and reworks in shops having temporary licenses.
Working in railway catering services which involves the movement of the vendor from one platform to another and also in or out of a moving train.

Child labour

Part B of Schedule 1

The processes included under Part B of Schedule 1 which are prohibited from being performed by child labour are as follows:

Carpet Weaving
Shellac manufacture
Beedi making
Wool cleaning
Soap manufacture
Mica cutting and splitting
Tanning
Cloth dying, printing and weaving
Manufacture of agate products
Manufacture and packing of slate pencils
Cement manufacture and bagging
Building and construction industry
Manufacture of explosive, matches and fireworks
Manufacturing processes making use of toxic substances like mercury, lead, cadmium, chromium, pesticides, benzene, manganese, and asbestos (Section-3)
Descaling and processing of cashew and cashew nut
All hazardous process mention u/s 2(cb), as well as dangerous operations, described u/s 87 of Factories Act 1948
Soldering process has taken up in electronic industries
Printing as defined u/s 2(k) of Factories Act 1948
Roof files units and Brick Kilns
Lock making
Agarbathi manufacturing
Gem cutting and polishing
Detergent manufacturing
Automobile repairs and maintenance comprising of printing, dent beating, and welding lather work
Processing and production of hosiery goods and cotton ginning
Handling of manganese ores and chromite
Manufacturing process having exposure to lead like welding, smelting.
Ferrous and non-ferrous workshop fabrication
Manufacture of lime and lime kilns
Coir making and jute textile manufacture
Extraction of slate from mines
Electroplating
Rag picking and scavenging
Glazing or grinding of metals
Cutting and polishing of diamond
Powdering and incidental processing of graphite
Manufacturing sports goods comprising of leather, chemicals, and synthetic materials
Potteries and ceramic industry
Sawmill all process
Papermaking
Sericulture processing
Refinery and oil expelling
Molding and processing of plastic and fiberglass
Stone breaking and crushing
The agricultural process making use of threshing and harvesting machines for craft cutting
Manufacturing cement products, cement pipes, and other related work
The manufacturing process of leather and leather products
Manufacturing coal briquette and burning coal
All processes of zari making
Making, polishing and metal buffing of utensils
Manufacture of tobacco and tobacco paste
Graphite beneficiation, repairing, and re-trading of tires.
Manufacturing all forms of brass goods by polishing, cutting, molding, and welding
Manufacturing and handling of insecticides and pesticides
Processing, manufacturing, and handling of toxic and corrosive substances, photo enlarging, metal cleaning and soldering processes which take place in the electronic industry
Manufacturing glassware such as fluorescent tube bulbs and similar glass products