 statement of objects and reasonsarticle 24 of the constitution prohibits the employment of children below 14 years of age in any factory or mine or in any other hazardous employment, every child has a right against exploitation the very fact that the child is kept away from school and is made to work for earning bread itself speaks that the child is being exploited ina welfare state like 'ours, it is the duty of the government to provide education to the children and ensure that they are not exploited in any manner 'the fact that a high percentage of our population continues to live below the poverty line explains the inevitability of huge work force comprising of children the children are sent to work by the parents for earning the livelihood in most of the cases the children are forced to work in jobs and employment which are hazardous in nature, including those involving moral turpitude and sexual abuse despite the constitutional provisions prohibiting employment of children in hazardous jobs, millions of children continue to work in fireworks and match factories, glass and bangle factories and carpet factories and mines, etc it is a matter of grave concern that children are forced into begging by their parents, guardians, gang leaders and others children are engaged in immoral and illegal activities several children are engaged as carriers of drugs by smugglers and others reports of minor girls finding their way into flesh trade are rampant an effort was made in the year 1986 to prohibit and regulate employment of children in hazardous jobs however, 'hazardous employment' has not been defined till date an attempt has been made to define hazardous employment as an employment which is hazardous not only physical in nature but also a threat to moral character and even life of children the 1986 act has failed to provide any deterrent punishment for employment of children in hazardous jobs and as such the number of child workers in various hazardous jobs has continued to increase during the last ten years the definition of what is called 'hazardous-job' is to be provided, the recently enacted constitution (86th amendment) act, 2002 inserted, inter alia, a new article 21a in the chapter on fundamental rights with a view to providing that the state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years in such manner as the state may by law, determine however, in order to ensure proper implementation of this laudable statute, it is necessary to free the children from the clutches of bonded and hazardous employment 'therefore, it is proposed to make stringent provisions not only for employment of children in hazardous jobs but also in illegal and immoral activities hence this bill new detui; bachi singh rawat june 21,2004 memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the provisions of this bill since the matters for which the rules will be made are matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative powers is of a normal character