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Appendix 1 Research questions and child labour questionnaire
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Children
- What are the actual labour conditions 198 of children (girls and boys) who are working in the
garment and gem industry? What are the official labour standards according to the Indian
government (relevant Child Labour legislation), the ILO Conventions (see footnote no. 5) and
the Convention on the Rights of the Child of the United Nations? Special attention will be paid
to the Child labour (Regulation and Prohibition) Act of 1986.
- Which part(s) of the Child Labour Act and/or other relevant Acts are violated by employers?
- Are the Indian (Child) Labour Acts adequate?: If not, which amendments should be made?
- Does the government check the employers on compliance with the Child Labour Act and/or
other relevant Labour Acts concerning children? How does the checking take place? Does the
checking happen adequately? How can the checking be improved? If checking does not take
place, why?
- If employers do violate relevant (Child) Labour Acts, then why are they not prosecuted? What
are the sanctions/penalties?
- Which export consumer products (garments and (semi-)precious stones) within the sector are
the children partly making? In which processes are the children working? Why?
- Is there difference in the work girls and boys are doing?
- How and from which regions are the children recruited?
- What is the proportion of girls to boys?
- Why are children (girls and/or boys) sometimes preferred to adults?
- What is the level of education of the children till today? What kind of education (formal, nonformal,
vocational training, on-the-job training) did they attend or are still attending? For how
many hours per day?
- What are the results thus far, if any, of the National Child Labour Policy launched by the
government with regard to child labour in the gem industry in Jaipur (Rajasthan)?
B. Questions concerning the sectors
- What are the structures of the garment and gem industry? For example the system of (sub)contracting.
- What are the production processes in the garment and gem industry?
- Which part of the product price received by the manufacturer goes to the adults and/or children
in the form of wages?
- What is the importance of the industry in the Indian economy? For example, measured in
terms of turnover and employment generation?
- Where are (parts of) the garment and gem industry located and why there?
- In which way do the conditions of production in Export Processing Zones differ from other
areas? Conditions like for example: cheap land, lower taxes, lower import/export duties, tax
holidays and wage levels.
198 Labour conditions like (minimum) wage, wage structure (paid per day/hour or per piece), regular payments or food/housing instead of
money, learning of a skill instead of getting money, working hours per day, working days per week, breaks, holidays, payment during illness,
forced/bonded labour, treatment of the children (abuse), safety and basic health facilities like ventilation, light, toilet, washing facilities, drinking
water facilities, etc.