• N. Sundara Ramaiah
• Dr. C. Narasimha Rao

Abstract: Children are the greatest gift to humanity and Childhood is an important and impressionable stage of human development as it holds the potential to the future development of any society. Children around the world are engaged in a large number of activities classified as work. Various causes of child labour like the curse of poverty, lack of educational resources, Social and economic backwardness, In general, the number of children in hazardous work tends to increase with age. The most recent global figures show that there were 19 million children in hazardous work in the 5-11 age group; 16.4 million aged 12-14; and 37.1 million aged 15-17. Hazardous child labor is the largest category of the worst forms of child labor with an estimated 115 million children, aged 5-17, and working in dangerous conditions in sectors as diverse as agriculture, mining, construction, manufacturing, service industries, hotels, bars, restaurants, fast food establishments, and domestic service. This paper focus on Socio-economic conditions of child labour of quarry industry i.e age group, gender, social status, educational levels, health hazardous, wages, working conditions etc.

Keywords: Helath Hazardous, Child labour, Illiteracy, Stone Quarries

"Socio-economic conditions of Child Labour of Quarry Industry in Andhra Pradesh.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 11, page no.e328-e336, November-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2211455.pdf

"Socio-economic conditions of Child Labour of Quarry Industry in Andhra Pradesh.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 11, page no. ppe328-e336, November-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2211455.pdf