1. It is a state of affairs in which all people within a specific society have the same status in certain respects.
2. It includes Civil rights, Freedom of speech, property rights etc.Gender
(1) Equality: Gender equality :
1. means equality between men and women.
2. Both are free to develop their personal abilities.
3. It means fairness of treatment for men and women according to their respective needs.
(2) Child labour:
1. Child Labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood.
2. Child Labour interferes with their ability to attend regular school.
3. This interference is mentally, physically,, socially or morally dangerous and harmful.
4. Indian Government has passed the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act. of 1986.
5. It was amended in 2016 as CLPR Act.
6. Accordingly a child is defined as any person below the age of 14 and CLPR Act prohibit employment of a child in any employment including domestic help.
(3) Right to Education:
1. The Right of children to free and compulsory Education Act (RTE) is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted on 4th August 2009.
2. It describes free and compulsory education for children between the age of 6 to 14 years in India under Article 21A of the constitution.
3. India become one of the 135 countries to make education as a fundamental right of every child when the Act came into force on 1st April, 2010.
