More than 80,000 children in the age group of 9-18 years work in cottonseed farms of Gujarat and most of them are from the tribal areas of Rajasthan. The children are recruited through middlemen and are forced to stay on in farms -- many of which are run by MNCs -- for two to three months.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/child-labour-rampant-gujarat-cottonseed-farms
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/people
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-labour
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
