Child marriages and child labour have become ways to make ends meet

Child marriages and child labour have become ways for many impoverished and indebted families to make ends meet.

Over 150 million children and teens worldwide are victims of child labour, with India historically ranking

among the worst offenders, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

In the nation, about 10 million children and teens between the ages of five and fourteen are compelled to work, frequently as a result of bondage and human trafficking.

A greater percentage of minors are engaged in the $8 billion sector that produces pornographic material. According to the data from the previous year, there has been an increase in child trafficking, child sexual abuse, child trafficking, child radicalisation, and the use of minors for drug misuse. Furthermore, the data service providers are entirely accountable for such, and there is no international law to regulate them.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in child trafficking in India. Since the worldwide lockdown, the number of trafficking cases in New Delhi alone has increased by 68%. Since minors are utilised as labour, many of these incidents include more than just kidnapping.

Child marriages and child labour have become ways for many impoverished and indebted families to make ends meet. Examining the "fine print" of this law reveals gaps that do not forbid child labour among minors aged 16 to 18. Child labour and trafficking in India are permitted to persist because traffickers take use of these loopholes to continue their exploitation without facing immediate legal consequences.

Children should have access to education and a well-rounded upbringing. Illegal labour and trafficking only hurt children and their capacity to develop in a secure setting. Children raised in such conditions cannot be expected to perform well by society. Corruption is to blame for their potential to endanger the country and society. According to official figures, the state of Assam has the highest rate of child

trafficking in India. Traffickers promise parents that they will educate the children when they purchase young females for a few thousand rupees. Dead bodies are the only ones that return home sometimes.

It is all about parents sell children for money especially girls. We have not yet discussed the children are being missing from the hospitals and handed over to the families who can provide money to the hospitals. India at least need to remove corruption in it.

No media has still tried to know the response and work of child labour helpline. What if any ordinary person lodge a complaint regarding child labour around them through helpline?