World's Maximum Child Labourers In India: Report

"Though 84 percent employers find it important for child labourers to attend school and attain education, they continue to employ them," said the report.

"This is a vicious cycle where employers themselves are illiterate and have at some point been child labourers; the lack of education forces them into the unorganised sector which is unregulated and exploitative," Soha Moitra, Regional Director-North, CRY, said at the release of the report.

"The persistence of this form of exploitation is indicative of a complete failure of society -- there is no regulation and no fear of punitive action as laws remain good on paper but are rarely enforced."

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