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India

Legal reform (RTE Act, Child Labour Amendment Act 2016) and programs like Mid-Day Meals have cut the working-age child ratio from 3.6% (2001) to about 1% (2023, UNICEF), but informal-sector work — home-based labor, street vending, domestic service — remains outside formal inspection.

3.9%

Children working

ILO / UNICEF

95%

School attendance rate

World Bank

Below median

Vs. the 6-country study

Gupta, IJARESM 2025

Where children work

Agriculture, domestic work, street vending, textiles, construction

Other countries in the study