<P> In 1979, the Indian government formed the Gurupadswamy Committee to find about child labour and means to tackle it . The Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act was enacted based on the recommendations of the committee in 1986 . A National Policy on Child Labour was formulated in 1987 to focus on rehabilitating children working in hazardous occupations . The Ministry of Labour and Employment had implemented around 100 industry - specific National Child Labour Projects to rehabilitate the child workers since 1988 . </P> <P> Many NGOs like Bachpan Bachao Andolan, ChildFund, CARE India, Talaash Association, Child Rights and You, Global march against child labour, RIDE India, Childline etc. have been working to eradicate child labour in India . </P> <P> Child labour has also been a subject of public interest litigations in Indian courts . </P> <P> According to 2005 Government of India NSSO (National Sample Survey Org .), child labour incidence rates in India is highest among Muslim Indians, about 40% higher than Hindu Indians . Child labour was found to be present in other minority religions of India but at significantly lower rates . Across caste classification, the lowest caste Dalit children had child labour incidence rates of 2.8%, statistically similar to the nationwide average of 2.74% . Tribal populations, however, had higher child labour rates at 3.8% . India has the highest number of children stunted because of malnutrition (48.2 million) equivalent to Colombia's population, according to Save the Children's' Stolen Childhoods' report. 31 million of children are part of India's workforce, the highest in the world . </P>

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