 statement of objects and reasonsalthough article 24 of the constitution prohibits the employment of children below fourteen years of age in any factory or mine or engaged in any hazardous employment, a number of children are forced by the parents to go in for work and the industrialists employ them on meagre salary as a result of which these children are thus deprived of education because of poverty it is the duty of the government to provide free and com~ pulsory education upto the age of fourteen years under article 45 of the constitution thus our children are forced to work by their parents it is also a matter of grave concern that children are forced to beg by their parents, guardians, gangleaders and others there are a number of industries where children are engaged in work like glass factories, carpet factories, domestic servants, shops and agricultural labour the rules or acts so far in force have no effect as they do not give any deterrent punishment for employment of children in jobs and the number of child workers in various jobs has continued to increase during the last fifteen years therefore it is high time that child labour in any form is completely abolished i the country and this will give a rise in forcing the parents to send their children to school and thus illiteracy will be removed in the country it will also help the child to develop and take active past in the welfare of the country hence this bill rumandla ramachandraiah