Mention major Constitutional provisions for the protection of women and children in India.
Following are the Constitutional provisions for the protection of women and children in India:
(i) The State will provide within ten years from the commencement of the Constitution, free and compulsory education to all the children upto the age of 14 years.
(ii) According to the Constitution of lndia the children below 14 years of age cannot be employed in a factory or mine or any other dangerous work. It has been done to protect them against any type of exploitation.
(iii) The Indian Constitution declares that all men and women are equal in the eyes of law. So, there cannot be any discrimination on the basis of sex as far as the law is concerned.
(iv) There shall be equal pay or wages for equal work for both men and women.
(v) The State shall establish maternity homes for the welfare of the women.
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