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Article 23 prohibits human trafficking and forced labor in India. It aims to protect underprivileged and deprived people from being sold or forced to work without pay. The article forbids human trafficking through practices like selling people, prostitution, dedicating women to temples, and slavery. Article 24 prohibits child labor for children under 14 and hazardous work for adolescents 14-18 years old. It aims to protect children from dangerous employment in factories, mines, and other hazardous occupations.

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Article 23 prohibits human trafficking and forced labor in India. It aims to protect underprivileged and deprived people from being sold or forced to work without pay. The article forbids human trafficking through practices like selling people, prostitution, dedicating women to temples, and slavery. Article 24 prohibits child labor for children under 14 and hazardous work for adolescents 14-18 years old. It aims to protect children from dangerous employment in factories, mines, and other hazardous occupations.

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Article 23-24 (short notes)

23
Prohibition of Human Trafficking and Forced Labour
-Forced labour in India was imposed by landlords, moneylenders and other wealthy persons in
the past.
-It prohibits human trafficking and begar (forced labour without payment) to protect the millions
of underprivileged and deprived people of the country.
-The right is available to citizens of India as well as to non-citizens.
-The right provides against human trafficking in the form of:-
a.Selling and buying of men, women and children.
b Prostitution
c.Devadasis
d.Slavery.
-The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 13, 1956 has been enacted to deal with violations of this
fundamental right.

24
Prohibition of Child Labour
-It forbids employment of children below the age of 14 years in dangerous jobs like factories and
mines.
-However, it did not prohibit their employment in any harmless or innocent work.
-The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (renamed as Child & Adolescent
Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 in 2016) specifically deals with the violations of
related to this right.
-The 2016 amendment of this act completely prohibited employment or of children below 14
years of age in all occupations and processes.
-It also prohibited the employment of adolescents (14-18 years of age) in hazardous
occupations or processes.

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