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Banning Child Labour

The court had said it's verdict about children working in circus. It is an appreciable act, that our country is taking steps to stop child labour. Those children should exposed to good and basic education, like other children. But an afterthought would reveal the real problem behind this banning of child labour. What would they do? to meet their daily ends and to support their family. By banning them from work, we are denying them the right to earn their living.                                          The best practice would be providing these children with basic education and make more employment in the country. Not only that, government should make  sure that those children are getting good education, by educating their parents and children themselves. Most of the parents restrict their children from going to school is mainly because of th...

Child Welfare - My opinion

2011-12 union budget is near and i think it is only fair to take a look at our nation's child welfare. Let us hope this time Govt. will do justice, by allocating more than the usual 3% in the budget, for the benefit of poor children. Our substructure is not good enough to support the basic needs of children. Children are more prone to violence. If we don't take proper care; denying education, basic amenities, proper health, of our children(basically poor and orphans), i can assure you we are looking at a bleak future. You and i have almost 100% probability of getting what we want in our life. But what about those who are living in the road sides, all those tribal, poor children in Assam,Gujarat etc., children in J&K who are daily subjected to gun violence. Educating street children is not a simple task. First they should be attracted and get the idea and need for education, for that we need to provide them with food and virtually supporting their entire lives. Their prima...