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Standard VIII

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Define child labour.

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Child labour means any child below the age of 14 years is employed in factories, restaurants, as domestic help, etc.
It deprives the children of their childhood and is harmful to their physical and mental development.
The Right against Exploitation under article 24 prohibits child labour and regards it as a punishable offence.

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