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The problem of child labour is symptom of the disease, which is widespread due to exploitative structure, lop-sided development, and inequities in resource ownership with its correlate of large-scale unemployment and abject poverty among the most of third world countries. The existing international economic order perpetuates this harsh reality because powerful multinational corporations operate and use child labour directly or indirectly to maximize profits and minimize costs. Of all the world's Nations, India is the one having the distinction of having the largest number of child labourers. Yet it is internationally recognized that for a viable democracy and strong future an educated citizenry is as important as material development. In this paper author has examined child labour from several different but intersecting vantage points. This paper provides a summary of the research, touching on its goals and questions, methodology, and results. It proceeds to discuss major conclusions that may be drawn from the data. Adapted from the source document.