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Lucknow. For the safety and protection of children, with the help of more than 250 collaborative organizations and law enforcement agencies across the country, 53,651 child laborers were freed in the country with the help of more than 250 collaborative organizations and law enforcement agencies across the country. Of these, 90 percent of the children were working in areas which the International Labor Organization and the Government of India consider the most bad form of child labor. These include all industries such as spa, massage parlor and orchestra, where children’s child prostitution, child pornography or forced are used with other sexual purposes.

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This fact is a report regarding child labor of JRC’s associate organization India Child Protection Research Division Division Center for Legal Action and Behavior Change (C-Lab) a report regarding child labor ‘Building the Case for Zero: How Prosecution Acts Acts etc. Tiping Point to Ind Childs to Ind Childs to Ind Childs Prosecution acts were exposed in a tipping point to end Child Labor ‘). After these raids, 38,388 cases were registered and 5,809 arrests were made. Of these, 85 percent of the arrests were made in child labor cases. In view of the seriousness of the situation, the report advises to launch a National Child Labor Eradication Mission for the elimination of child labor, allocate adequate resources for this and set up district level child labor task force in districts.

The report is based on data on the data of more than 250 JRC associate organizations working in 418 districts of 24 states and union areas of the country between 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. The report also made several recommendations, emphasizing on legal actions, education and rehabilitation for the elimination of child labor. According to the report, until the strict and quick legal action will be taken against the culprits, it is difficult to stop child labor. Also, if arrangements for education and rehabilitation of free children are not made, then they will again be caught in the vicious cycle of child labor.

Therefore, child labor rehabilitation fund is needed. Also, free and compulsory education for 18 years will also help in prevention of child labor as children who have left their studies are more likely to get caught in the swamp of child labor. The report has recommended overall policy changes, policy of not tolerating child labor in government procurement, expansion of the list of dangerous industries, making policies according to their special needs, the sustainable development target for the elimination of child labor, extending the deadline of 8.7, strict and quick legal action against the culprits.

During this period, 7,632 raids were conducted in Telangana, followed by Uttar Pradesh (2,469), Rajasthan (2,453) and Madhya Pradesh (2,335). This shows that anti -child labor campaigns have been effective across the country, but permanent changes will come only when the fear and accountability of the law are ensured. The report shows that Telangana topped to free children from child labor along with raids, in the year 2024-25, Telangana topped the country to free children from child labor, where 11,063 children were rescued while Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi are located after that. 3,974 children in Bihar, 3,847 in Rajasthan, 3,804 in Uttar Pradesh and 2,588 in Delhi were freed from child labor.

JRC National Convenor Ravi Kant (JRC National Convenor Ravi Kant) said that such a large number of children used in the most gruesome forms of child labor show that despite all the efforts of the government and civil society, our national resolve to free children from child labor is still incomplete. India is a signature country of International Labor Organization, ie the signing country of the International Treaty against Child Labor in which commitment has been made to eliminate all dangerous forms of child labor.

India is making meaningful efforts in this direction, whose pleasant results have also come out. He said that this report has established the fact that legal actions create fear of law in people’s minds which act as resistance against child labor. Justice will be done to the children of the innocent forms of child labor only when the culprits are punished and there are strong security and rehabilitation arrangements for the victims. The government should work on a holistic rehabilitation policy to establish a child laborer rehabilitation funds and to make these children self -sufficient, strengthening the prosecution system.