INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELD

Poverty  is  a  major  problem  in all the   developing and under developing  countries today. In India, in spite of all developmental efforts, all through  the seven decades of long time,34% of population is getting less than one hundred rupees per day. The numerous estimates of poverty based totally on special criteria offer different  figures of poverty in India. The planning commissions envisioned by using professional institutional technique in 1993-94 suggests that 36% of population in India was below the poverty line. The 55^Th National Sample Survey of 1999-2000 estimate suggests that by 30 days average at countrywide level, the poverty level changed to 26.10% , in rural location it changed to 27.09 %  and in urban area it was 23%. As  per the7 days  report at National level it became 23.33 %, in rural 24.02 %and in  urban area it became 21.59 %.. The  planning Commission estimates of poverty in Karnataka State in the year 1999-2000 shows that it was 20.04%. In rural region it was  17.38% and in urban area 25.25%. In Karnataka rural poverty among SC’s account for 26.87% and  ST’s  24.78.%. In urban Karnataka SC’s account for 47.50%and ST’s 50.93 % respectively.

This indicates that the extent of poverty could be very excessive in India. Poverty is the root cause of all social and economic evils. The greatest evil that produced out of poverty is child labour. It is now universally acknowledged that eradication of child labour is possible only through eradicating poverty. The distribution of child labour in Karnataka indicates that there is 19.3% increase  from 1981  to 1991.  It  additionally  shows that  in   Urban Karnataka   optimum  number  of  child  laborers are  engaged  in  manufacturing, trade and commerce instead of agriculture. As per the labour department Report there have been 7112 children operating in hazardous conditions in the year 2001. Children not only work in formal sectors but also in informal sectors.  In addition, they also assist in domestic activities.. The labour department report reveals that there have been 3,188 children working in non-hazardous works in the year 2001. M. P. Ranganath Report (2004) has found out that the Bellary district of Karnataka state  has 4185 child Laborers including both boys and girls. Hence the main cause of this study  is to understand the causes of Child Labour in Karnataka.