VULNERABILITIES OF CHILD LABOUR MIGRANTS IN RURAL AREA OF DUNGARPUR DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN

Abstract

The intent of this study is to concentrate on the rising rate of migration among tribal children in the Dungrpur District. Migration of children for labour has been an increasing cause of concern. Both primary and secondary data have been used at the level of villages to highlight the problem at hand. Migration, which accounts of 56 percent of the aggregate income in this area, is the main source of income for households. Tribes and non-tribe people migrate from the district in search of employment because it seems impoverished. In this paper looks at the circumstances surrounding the migration of children into the district's rural areas for work. Additionally, the locations of migrants' final destinations, their working environments, and the challenges that these migrants' children encounter with their schooling were highlighted. Results from primary and secondary sources comes out that in search of employment in the BT cotton fields, brick manufacturing, construction, hotels, Dhabas, and tea-stoles. Numerous individuals physically and mentally harass them at their place of employment. At destinations, these children become extremely vulnerable. They experience numerous illnesses as children and lose their childhood without any fun. This issue is so serious that the government wants to implement some measures to stop this kind of migration in the Dungarpur district.