Did you say slave labour?

So the Indian government finally banned all kinds of child labour effective from the 10th of august. The only downside remains the government's ineffective way of rehabilitating the rescued children combined with the lack of a viable and effective strategy to mitigate the circumstances forcing the children to such a resort.

Though this is a very welcome ban, the ground realities still remain the same. These are kids of parents who cannot even provide one square meal a day. The fact that the kids cannot work will put a further strain on such families. Some governments provide a lunch with free schooling ... but sometimes that one meal is not enough. What I am hinting at is that private organisations and corporations should take a more active and constructive role in the local community. Indian corporations are woefully lacking in this respect when compared to their "capitalistic" western counterparts.

Someday maybe there would be social capitalists!