An effective campaign against child labour should be built up to root out this evil, writes K.V.Rao. They came in all colours, all sizes - brown and black, thin and wiry or short and stunted. They are found everywhere - on the land, in the villages, in and around homes, on the streets in craft and trading, in plantations, in mines and factories. These are the children, our children, they are found in all forms of employment - some underpaid, others unpaid, casually hired and casually fired too.
Child labour is perhaps the most brutal and revolting of all social evil.
Millions of children are found working in almost all sectors of economy. The ILO put the number around 50 million. But some feel it is probably twice the number or four times. All this shows that we do not know the number of our child workers. We only know the number of child workers.