India has over 179 million child labourers, 135 million aged between five and fourteen.

As of 2011, there are 3 milion child labourers in the Philippines doing hazardous work.

Contrary to popular beliefs, most child labourers are employed by their parents rather than in manufacturing or formal economy.

Unicef say there are 35 million child labourers in India.

Indian government classifies child labourers into two groups: Main workers are those who work 6 months or more per year.

In other places, thousands of bonded child labourers were present in 1994.

He was a child labourer, looking for work among neighbouring farms.

There are more female than male child labourers, and the situation is worse in rural than urban areas.

Mr President, it is amazing that 200 million children around the world can be described as child labourers.