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In this blog, I have covered the issue of child labor extensively. Needless to say that I am against child labor. It is a common problem in South Asia but for India it has an added significance. India has the largest number of child labors in the world. This is really a drain for the economy of the country. Just imagine that if these children (nearly 60 million) could go to school and receive education then what would happen to India! India would become one of the richest countries on earth within a generation or two.

The same goes for child marriage. It is also like silent bloodshed for the economy of the country. If all the girls who get married in their childhood could go to school instead of their husbands’ home then Indian economy would get immense benefit. You do not need to be a scholar to understand this benefit.

I wish that Indian leaders could change their mindset about child labor and child marriage. They should take these two problems as economic problems instead of social problems and get more sincere for eradicating them from the Indian society.

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