In 1986, Parliament enacted a law to protect children from forced labour and exploitation, putting a blanket ban on employing children under the age of 18...in November 2012… UPA government proposed amendments to the law to allow partial relaxation…allows adolescents…to work in non-hazardous occupations and processes…new law, while giving some relaxation for employment, makes it mandatory that the child can help one’s family…enterprise only after school hours…In case of violation, only the employer.. pay up to Rs 50,000 as penalty and face imprisonment between six months and two years.