The Indian government has promulgated the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2016 amid charges of diluting penal provisions, complicity in promoting child labour and its ineffectiveness in curbing the use of child labour in mica mining industry across the country.
The new legislation prunes the list of “hazardous occupations” from 83 in the previous law to only three — mining, inflammable substances and hazardous process as defined in the Factories Act.
