child labor

hi
today i am going to discuss one more rising social evil-child labor.Child labor is modern type of social evil that has risen in late twenty century and its rate is getting boosted day by day.
DEFINITION- It may be defined as the use of children below 14 years in any type of economical,industrial and household work.
CAUSES- The main cause of child labor is poverty,lack of education and  lack of social security. Children are preferred more as a worker because they demand less pay,do more work and can be easily recriminated  It was found that major child labor are from schedule tribes, schedule classes and backward areas.
CENSUS- It is found in surveys that India is home to largest number of child labor followed by poor countries of Africa. In India it was found that the count increased from 11.28 million in 1991 to 12.60 million in 2001.Nearly 400,000 children labor,mostly girls between 7-14 years were found in state of Andhra Pradesh itself.
LAWS AND ACT'S- child labor act was passed in India by national government of India in 1986 but was re-enforced in 2004 and strict rules were made against this practice.