Page "Convention on the Rights of the Child" Paragraph 15

In India, there is no outright ban on child labor, and the practice is generally permitted in most industries except those deemed " hazardous ".

Although a law in October 2006 banned child labor in hotels, restaurants, and as domestic servants, there continues to be high demand for children as hired help in the home.

Current estimates as to the number of child laborers in the country range from the government's conservative estimate of 12 million children under 13 years of age to the much higher estimates of children's rights activists, which hover around 60 million.

Little is being done to address the problem since the economy is booming and the nuclear family is spreading, thereby increasing demand for child laborers.

Under the auspices of the Unicef financed Udisha initiative the Government of India is specifying the outline of a means of change and improvement in child care.