Children Toil in India’s Mines, Despite Legal Ban

Poverty, corruption and decrepit schools drive pervasive work by children in India, a problem with no better illustration than “rathole” mines in an isolated state."/>

By By GARDINER HARRIS

Posted February 26, 2013

In Child Labor News

Poverty, corruption and decrepit schools drive pervasive work by children in India, a problem with no better illustration than “rathole” mines in an isolated state.

By GARDINER HARRIS

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