Child Labor and Forced Labor Reports

India

Bidis (hand-rolled cigarettes)
Bidis (hand-rolled cigarettes)
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Brassware
Brassware
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Bricks
Bricks
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Carpets
Carpets
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Cotton
Cotton
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Cottonseed (hybrid)
Cottonseed (hybrid)
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Embellished Textiles
Embellished Textiles
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Fireworks
Fireworks
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Footwear
Footwear
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Garments
Garments
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Gems
Gems
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Glass Bangles
Glass Bangles
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Incense (agarbatti)
Incense (agarbatti)
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Leather Goods/Accessories
Leather Goods/Accessories
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Locks
Locks
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Matches
Matches
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Mica
Mica
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Rice
Rice
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sandstone
Sandstone
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Silk Fabric
Silk Fabric
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Silk Thread
Silk Thread
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Soccer Balls
Soccer Balls
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Stones
Stones
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Sugarcane
Sugarcane
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Thread/Yarn
Thread/Yarn
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Tea
Tea
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India
2021 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor:

Moderate Advancement

In 2021, India made moderate advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The State Government of Bihar issued the biggest recorded payout to survivors of the Muzaffarpur shelter home case, which involved the victimization of 44 girls between the ages of 7 and 17 for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation. In addition, Indian authorities rescued 58,289 children from child labor during 2020-2021, an increase from previous years. In July 2021, the Anti-Human Trafficking Units in Telangana also rescued more than 2,500 children from child labor and streamlined the state's human trafficking prevention and rehabilitation processes. Although the government made meaningful efforts in all relevant areas during the reporting period, the government did not publicly release information on its labor law enforcement or criminal law enforcement efforts. Children in India are subjected to the worst forms of child labor, including commercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking. Children also perform dangerous tasks in garment production, stone quarrying, and brickmaking. Hazardous work prohibitions do not include all occupations in which children work for long periods in unsafe and unhealthy environments, and penalties for employing children are insufficient to deter violations. There are also serious concerns about widespread corruption among police and other government officials related to the enforcement of child labor crimes, actively impeding the investigation and prosecution of such offenses, and mistreating victims. In addition, children continue to be abused in shelter homes that operate without sufficient government oversight or accountability.

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