Consider the following about Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Amendment Bill 1 ...........

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Consider the following about Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill

1. The bill amends the Child Labour Act 1986 to ban the employment of children below 14 in hazardous occupations.

2. As per the bill, the Centre has the authority to classify or declassify any occupation as hazardous.

3. The bill also talks about the ‘Child and Adolescent Labour Rehabilitation Fund’ for the rehabilitation of rescued child labour.

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Explanation:

Solution- The Bill seeks to amend the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, which prohibits the engagement of children in certain types of occupations and regulates the condition of work of children in other occupations.
The 1986 Act prohibits employment of children below 14 years in certain occupations such as automobile workshops, bidi-making, carpet weaving, handloom and power loom industry, mines and domestic work. In light of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, the Bill seeks to prohibit employment of children below 14 years in all occupations except where the child helps his family after school hours. Another exception to the above provision id entertainment and sports industry
The Bill adds a new category of persons called “adolescent”. An adolescent means a person between 14 and 18 years of age. The Bill prohibits employment of adolescents in hazardous occupations as specified (mines, inflammable substance and hazardous processes).
The central government may add or omit any hazardous occupation from the list included in the Bill.
The Bill enhances the punishment for employing any child in an occupation. It also includes penalty for employing an adolescent in a hazardous occupation.
Also there is provision for rehabilitation fund for rescued child labourers.