According to research, 37% population of India is under the age of 18.
Numerically, this stands around 444 million, which is staggering.
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However, many of these children are working in factories, doing dangerous work like making bidis and crackers.
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In an attempt to stop this, Karnataka government has decided to completely cut the power supply of factories which employ children.
According to a report by Times Now, the Supreme Court of India has given a favourable judgment for the plea “Campaign against Child Labour Karnataka”, against the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd.
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According to the latest order, any company that violates the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 and Section 24 of the Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1961/Factories Act, 1948, can have its power supply disconnected altogether.
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