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The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986

Way back in 1979, Government formed the Gurupadaswamy Committee to study the issue of child labour and to suggest measures to tackle it. The Committee examined the problem in detail and made some far-reaching recommendations. It observed that as long as poverty continued, it would be difficult to totally eliminate child labour and hence, any attempt to abolish it through legal recourse would not be a practical proposition. The Committee felt that in the circumstances, the only alternative left was to ban child labour in hazardous areas and to regulate and ameliorate the conditions of work in other areas. It recommended that a multiple policy approach was required in dealing with the problems of working children.

Based on the recommendations of Gurupadaswamy Committee, the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act was enacted in 1986. The Act prohibits employment of children in certain specified hazardous occupations and processes and regulates the working conditions in others. The list of hazardous occupations and processes is progressively being expanded on the recommendation of Child Labour Technical Advisory Committee constituted under the Act.

.	Object and scope
.	Prohibition of employment of children in certain occupations and processes
.	Constitution of Child Labour Technical Advisory Committee
.	Conditions of work at establishment
.	Provisions relating to health and safety
.	Penalties under this Act
.	Procedure relating to offences
.	Miscellaneous provisions

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