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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University popularly known as HAU, is one of Asia's biggest agricultural universities, located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is named after India's seventh Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It is a leader in agricultural research in India and contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India in the 1960s and 70s. It has a very large campus and has several research centres throughout the state. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997. HAU was initially a campus of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the formation of Haryana in 1966, it became an autonomous institution on February 2, 1970 through a Presidential Ordinance, later ratified as Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970, passed by the Lok Sabha on March 29, 1970. A. L. Fletcher, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, was instrumental in its initial growth.

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Subject: Human Development and Family Studies × Author: Saini, Chandni × End date: 2007 × Start date: 2007 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Child labour in handloom industries in Haryana
    (CCSHAU, 2007) Saini, Chandni; Balda, Shanti
    India has been identified as the world capital of child labour. The total estimate of child labour in India is about 17 million out of which 2 million are engaged in hazardous occupations like carpet industry, glass works, fire works and chemical industries. Child labour exists not because children are more capable workers but because they can be hired for less money. Child labour has been operationalized as working children less than 14 years of age, working outside the family, individually or with parents in different occupations either paid or unpaid to supplement family income. Many studies have been conducted on the phenomena of child labour but in II Haryana where, 1,28,000 main child, whereas 26,000 are marginal child workers. Hence present study has been undertaken to know the nature and cause of child labour, working conditions and welfare facilities and impact of working conditions and welfare facilities on development of child labourers. Also to know the parents perception towards child labour in handloom industries. The study has been conducted in handloom industries of Panipat district of Haryana state. Study revealed that majority of child labourers were in the age group ranging between 11+-14 years, belonged to scheduled and backward castes, hailed from nuclear family. Most of the parents of child labourer’s were labour in handloom industries and majority of them were living below poverty line. Regarding nature of work, children were engaged in dyeing (35%), pitloom (32%), powerloom (13%) and packing (20%) section in handloom industries. Miserable conditions of child workers depicted from the fact that children started working at an early age. Regarding working hours, 85 per cent were working above the prescribed hour that is 10-12 hours per day. These children had not facilities for eduction, there is not proper medical facilities at their work place. Significant association was found between income of the family, educational level, age and health status of child labourers. Result revealed that effect of labour work on health status of children as nearly 69 per cent children had poor health status (grade-I and grade-II). Children faced many health problems due to their occupation and more working hours such as suffocation and coughing. Majority of children had no awareness about Child Labour Act and Right of Children. Regarding perception of parents towards child labour, majority of parents perceived that their children are deprived of educational opportunities, looked down by others, deprived of play opportunities and are exploited in industries.