During the Lok Sabha debate, Opposition leaders insisted that onus of employing child in a non-hazardous job must lie with employers. The UPA regime had brought a bill, but it lapsed at the end of the last Lok Sabha. The NDA government changed the UPA’s proposed bill to absolve the parents from first-time violation of law. Parliament approved a bill on Tuesday that allows employers to hire teenagers above 14 years of age for jobs not considered as hazardous. The amendments to the child labour bill were considered after trade unions and political parties highlighted how poor families are facing problems as their children can’t earn money.

Source: Hindustan Times July 26, 2016 18:33 UTC