Poor children in India begin working at a very young and tender age. Many children have to work to help their families and some families expect their children to continue the family business at young age. India has all along followed a proactive policy in the matter of tackling the problem of child labor. India has always stood for constitutional, statutory and developmental measures that are required to eliminate child labor in India. Indian Constitution consciously incorporated relevant provisions in the Constitution to secure compulsory universal elementary education as well as labor protection for children. Though most children begin working at a young age due to economic reasons, doing so allows them to break from some social constraints.