'STEPS TAKEN BY THE NGOs WITH RESPECT TO CHILD LABOR' - MITAALI DAYAL Child labor is a devastation, they should concentrate on education“. Heard this saying? Well, if not, here’s something new. Child labor is one of the things holding our country back and the coronavirus pandemic is forcing India’s children out of school and into farms and factories to work, worsening a child-labor problem that was already one of the most dire in the world. The one’s seeking employment are not getting jobs and those who are supposed to study and enjoy life are working day and night to thrive and survive. Strange, isn’t it? “It is a shame, it is a disgrace to have kids work in the workplace.” Sixteen-year-old Maheshwari Munkalapally and her 15-year-old sister stopped attending lessons when virtually the entire economy was brought to a halt during the world’s biggest lockdown. Munkalapally’s mother and older sister lost their jobs as housemaids in Hyderabad, the capital of the southern Indian sta...