I Speak my mind

Child labour is very much a serious crisis that India needs to confront. Our hon. Commerce Minister Anand Sharma was interviewed by a reporter during his visit to New Zealand, for FTA(free trade agreement)agreement between India & New Zealand, about child labour and how FTA will affect this. He asked this relevant question in the context, India having 12 million children working at the age of having education. Instead of understanding the seriousness of matter our hon. minister replied, "it is insulting to India and India does not allow any extraneous matters, there are other platforms to discuss this, not in trade negotiations". He, not in any way try to face the question boldly instead he always tried to slip by saying things like, "India does not encourage (it), India has forbidden child labour. We are a rule-based and rule-governed country. People should understand the complexities of India's situation and not try to mock us" . If this the attitude of...

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...