On 10 October last year, India celebrated the somber anniversary of a law whose hopes were high three years ago. In 2006 the Indian Parliament increased the scope of the prohibition of child labor in the fields of catering and domestic work. Any violation of this law could lead to two years in prison.But the organization Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement) has recently filed an application for monitoring the effectiveness of this law. The sad fact is: there were very few inspections since 2006, none since April 2008. 1700 cases of child labor have been identified throughout India by the authorities, including 1460 in Andhra Pradesh, for only 138 prosecutions.Yet in 2001, 185 595 cases of children working as domestic servants have been identified.In reality, authorities say they are overwhelmed. The law requires the rehabilitation of children and their monitoring so they do not return to work, but the authorities lack the manpower to make effective the application of this law.NGOs to help exploited children now appear more necessary than ever.
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