Indian Manufactured Items Blacklisted in U.S. for Child Labour

Bangalore: India is currently on the list of U.S. labor department for ‘Items made using child labor’, as report by International Labor organization (ILO). The items which employ child labor most are garment and textile industries, where children are used for Zari embroidery or embellishments, which makes two of the 21 items on the U.S. Department list. However the manufactures of these items do not concur and have petitioned to be removed from the list, which has been refused for now, as reported by Sidhartha for TOI

 The U.S. labor study reports that, these allegations do not limit to textile and garment sector. There are reasons to believe it is practiced in other industries and sects too. The news does stir the aplomb of these industries and is humiliating for India to be on this list.

As per the ILO “Presently, throughout the world, around 215 million children work, many full-time. They do not go to school and have little or no time to play. Many do not receive proper nutrition or care. They are denied the chance to be children.