Abstract

The present paper refers to analyze the socio-legal study of child labour in Adilabad district of Telangana State. Socio-economic characteristics and find out the problems of child labourers in Utnoor mandal of Adilabad district. The main objective of this study is to analyze the socio-legal characteristics of households and child labourers. "Child labour" is, generally speaking, work for children that harms them or exploits them in some way (physically, mentally, morally, or by blocking access to education). The survey was based on the child labour problems at their work, their education, awareness of labour laws and regulations and the causes for becoming as child worker. The method used for survey was interview method on random sampling in which each child worker was interviewed personally to get the related data. In the survey 798 child were taken as sample. Most (34.20%) of the respondents said the reason for not aware about the child labour laws and regulation because of ‘lack of parents education’

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