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What is the age of the youngest children found working in the textile factory?
Where were the children found working in the textile factory?
What percentage of India's economy is dependent on children?
What is the total number of children under 14 working in India?
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What should people in the West be doing according to the text?
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What did the company do after the allegations of child labour?
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Study Notes
Child Labour in India
- Child workers as young as 10 years old have been found working in textile factories in Delhi, India, producing clothes for major high street retailers.
- The children worked in conditions similar to slavery, with long hours of physical labour and faced threats and beatings.
- The factory was found to be producing clothes for a major retailer, which claimed to be unaware of the situation and had withdrawn the garments involved pending investigation.
- This incident highlights concerns about large retail chains outsourcing production to India, a country recognized by the United Nations as one of the world's hotspots for child labour.
- According to a report, over 20% of India's economy relies on child labour, with approximately 55 million children under 14 working.
- The incident raises questions about the ethics of cheap production and consumption in the West, and the responsibility of consumers to consider the human cost of their purchases.
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This quiz is about child labor in the textile industry, where children as young as 10 have been found working in harsh conditions. It highlights the issues of child exploitation and labor laws.
