The Shine in Beauty Products Cause Decline in Child Rights: An Analytical Study of Child Labour in Mica Mines with Special Reference to Jharkhand
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The Shine in Beauty Products Cause
Decline in Child Rights: An Analytical
Study of Child Labour in Mica Mines with
Special Reference to Jharkhand
MAHAK SEHDEV SHARMAI
ABSTRACT
Due to a lot of unemployment in India,Some Parents along with their children do labour
work to have food on the plate. The large part of the young generation who is the future of
the country is growing at places where they have to do hazardous work. One of the
Preeminent examples of such a place is Mica Mines in Jharkhand. Here Children pickup
sharp mica with their delicate hands instead of studying and playing. This research paper
aims to bring out the reason and consequences of child labour in mica mines and describe
the failure of some good law against child labour in such mines by answering the few
questions, which are Why Mica Mining in Jharkhand especially still uses child labour and
how does it openly continue?, What are the ill effects caused to children by working in mica
mining?,and Why do even good laws become languish when it comes to mica mining in
Jharkhand?
Keywords: Child labour, dangerous work, Article 24, illegal mines.
I. INTRODUCTION
The most valuable asset India has is its young population. But what if one part of the asset is
growing in the dark shadow of sparkling industries. Unfortunately, this is the reality of some
parts of Jharkhand where at the age of playing with dolls and cars with their hands' children
tend to collect mica with their bare hands. On one hand, Mica, a shimmery, translucent mineral
is used in cosmetics to bring some shine to the face of beauty lovers and on the other hand, the
same mineral dims the happiness of children collecting it at the risk of their life. Making
children work is neither morally acceptable nor legally acceptable but still, some unlicensed
middlemen who are appointed by corporations keep children as labourers to collect mica. This
is because children have less height and weight which makes it easier for them to enter caves
as well as to go below the ground. Also, children are more active and get less tired which is
1 Author is a student at Agnel School of Law, Navi Mumbai, India.
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