The problem of child labour in underdeveloped and developing countries is quite high and abnormal. It is estimated that by 2000 A.D. 25 per cent of the world's population will be children and 40 per cent of the entire global labour force will be below the age of 15 years. International Labour Organization in a study concluded that in Asian countries 70 to 80 per cent of children are either working or "simply wasting their lives away." Thus employment of ...
