India has one of the largest child labor problems in the world with 1 in every 11 children in India working. An unbelievable 62.8% of that population is made up of 15-17-year-old's doing hazardous work. The percent of working children operating in hazardous situations 20.7% while the percent of adults working in hazardous situations is 25%.
India's government did reform one of it's child labor laws allowing children under 14 to work in "family businesses" and the "entertainment industry".
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