CHAPTER 9

Child Labor Persists in India Despite New Laws

1. Indias laws banning child labor date from

1850s

1900s

1930s

1947

2. A trash-picker may earn a weekly income of

$15

$20

$25

$30

3. The new law forbids children from working

As house servants

In hotels

In restaurants

All of the above

4. Critics of child-labor control efforts by government say that

India has too many children

India's government is too focused on liberalization of trade and industry

The government should forbid children from coming to the city

The government should allow child labor only on farms