Child Labour in Hotel Industry: A Case Study of Tirupati and Tirumala

Child labour is more prevalent in underdeveloped countries. History of the child labour in factories during the 19th century gives us dreadful events of their poor conditions, about the serfs in labour market sent by landlords as well as growing richness of the milliner of mill owners. First and foremost reason is Poverty, and other reasons are the lack of protective child labour legislation and the evasion of existing laws for the protection of child labour, keep child labour going and getting exploited. Tirupati-Tirumala is a high profile temple city throughout the world. It occupied the first position in terms of visiting pilgrims in India. In Tirupati, hotel industry is very popular and a fast growing industry. This book is studied with the employment of child labour in the registered and unregistered hotel industry in Tirupati-Tirumala of Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh. The main aim of this book is to study the socio-economic, demographic conditions, education levels, working conditions, wages and benefits, relationship with their employers and health conditions of child labour.

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Dr.M.Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy secured M.A, M.Phil, Ph.D (Eco.) from S.V. University, Tirupati. He has the credit of papers published in various journals and several papers presented in national and international conferences/seminars. Presently, he is working as an Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, SITAMS, Chittoor, A.P.