Constitutional Provisions for Child upliftment
The Constitution of India in Articles 21A, 24 and 39 of the
Directive Principles of State Policy pledges its committment towards
the cause for upliftment of Children.
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Article 21 A
Right to Education
The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children
of the age of 6 to 14 years in such manner as the State, by law, may
determine.
Article 24
Prohibition of employment of children in factories,
etc.
No child below the age fourteen years shall be employed in work in any
factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment.
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Article 39
The State shall, in particular, direct its policy towards
securing:-
(e) that the health and strength of workers, men and women, and the
tender age of children are not abused and that citizens are not forced
by economic necessity to enter avocations unsuited to their age or
strength.
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Source
: http://www.labour.nic.in/cwl/ChildLabour.htm