Contents: introduction. 1. Rights of the child. 2. A study of child labour in context to the rights of the child in the urban areas of Assam. 3. Child labour and the working of the legal measures in India. 4. Child labour vis-a-vis human development. 5. Children in distress. 6. Status of the girl child. 7. State of children in India in context to the rights of the child: a discussion. References. Appendices. Index.