Rajya Sabha clears the bill of child labor allow children under 14 engaged in "work at home"

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the bill on child labor during the session of the current monsoon, bringing in a number of amendments to the law from 1986, although it prohibit children to use under 14 years continue in any "occupation", they in the "work at home", for example, help can participate their families in the woods and fields.

The amendment also children from 14 to 18 in the age defined as "juvenile" and allows the use in any profession, as well as' hazardous occupations and processes "listed in the Act of 1986, reported the Indian Express. The changes also including more severe penalties offenders - the imprisonment of two years and six months, the first term of three months to one year and a fine of Rs 20,000-Rs 50,000, Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000.

Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said he was confident that the law of the child labor practice is limited. Also justified, so that the children in the "work at home", say it is to participate "equations employer-employee" in these situations.

However, some members of the opposition have found what defects could be contemplated. Trinamool Congress leader Vivek Gupta said that agriculture is not considered dangerous by the law, but the use of chemicals is harmful. He added that the employment of children in beedi -Make family farms and carpet weaving also endangered. The bill was approved in a voice vote in the middle opposition.