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.