Indian Polity & Governance·Revision Notes

Child Labour Prohibition — Revision Notes

Updated 19 Oct 2026

⚡ 30-Second Revision

  • Checked 18 October 2026.
  • 2016 changes effective 1 September 2016.
  • Child/adolescent distinction: fourteen/eighteen.
  • Family exception conditional; artist exception excludes circus.
  • Article 24 is not the full statutory framework.

2-Minute Revision

Check age, activity and each exception condition. School-time work is not excused by a family label. Adolescent hazardous-work protection continues beyond fourteen. Combine enforcement with educational follow-up rather than equating rescue with rehabilitation.

5-Minute Revision

Compare a thirteen-year-old in non-hazardous family work after school with the same child missing school for that activity. Then analyse a sixteen-year-old in a prohibited hazardous process. Identify the fact and provision that change each conclusion.

Vyyuha Quick Recall

ACT: Age category; Conditions and activity; Time and schooling protected.