Apart from shops, small eateries and textile units, child labourers are employed in cotton fields, marble polishing units and the jewellery trade in Gujarat.
Despite the enactment of the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act in 1986 & 2016 and Right to education (2009), children in India continue to remain extremely vulnerable to human trafficking, illiteracy, poor physical and mental health experiencing a failed childhood that compromises the future quality of human capital.