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International Jour nal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research _____________________________ ISSN 2277 - 3630 IJSSIR, Vol. 4 (2), FEBRUARY (2015) , pp. 54 - 66 Online available at indianresearchjournals.com PROBLEMS FACED BY CHILD LABOUR WORKING IN BEACH SHACKS AND HOTELS ACROSS COASTAL AREAS OF GOA SIDDHESHA.SINAISHILIMKHAN RESEARCH SCHOLAR, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, GOA UNIVERSITY, TALEIGAO - GOA, INDIA. ABSTRACT: Child labour is one of the burning issues in the society today. Working children occu py a relatively weak and exploitative positi on in labour markets. India has the largest number of urban and rural child workers in the world . Goa has a relatively large population of child workers of which there is a substantial population working ac ross the coastal belt. Goa with its 105 km long coastline is a world famous tourism hub. This paper tries to focus on the problems faced by t he child labour working in beach shacks and hotels across the coastal areas of Goa in ter ms of drudgery, health hazards, punishment and vices. It has been seen from the study that when children have to work, there is no growth in their personality, but on the contrary you can see depression, a nxiety, stress, psychotic behaviour and substance abuse amongst these children.The study is exploratory in nature and the situations have been explained with the help of both quantitative and qualitative paradigms. 71.3 3% of child labourers experience drudgery at the place of work. They enjoy neither safety nor security at the place of work and hence are ex ploited . All this leads to loss of future h uman resource. KEY WORDS: Child Labour, Drudgery , Goa, Hazards, Problems . REFERENCES Anker, R and S Barge (1998). Economics of Child Labour in Industries, ILO, Geneva. Berquele and Boyden A (1995). Combating Child Labour, International Labour Office, Geneva. p30 - 45. Bharti S and Agarwal S (2013).Physical and Psychological Hazards Faced by Child Labour - A Review Article. IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science.13(6), p29 - 33. Bryman, A (2009). Social Resea rch Methods.3 rd Edition. Oxford :Oxford University Press. Burra, Neera (1995).Born to Work: Chi ld Labour in India. 1s t Edition .Delhi: Oxford University Press. p24 - 56 . Census (2001), Available at: http://www.censusindia.gov.in/DigitalLibrary/Tables.aspx, Accessed in September 2012 and May 2013. Census (2011), Available at : http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011 census/B - serie s/B - series - 01.aspx, Accessed in April 2014 and September 2014. International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research _____________________________ ISSN 2277 - 3630 IJSSIR, Vol. 4 (2), FEBRUARY (2015) , pp. 54 - 66 Online available at indianresearchjournals.com Creswell, J. W (2009). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches. 3 rd Edition. T housand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Fassa A, Facchini L and Dall'Agnol M (1999).Child Labour and Health: Problems and Perspectives. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health .10(160), p12 - 17. I ftikar , A (1999).Getting Rid of Child labour. Economic and Political weekly. 34(27), p 1815 - 22. International Labour O rganisation (1997): Children at Work, ILO, Geneva. Rathod R and Ningsheen A (2013).Problems of Child Labour Working in Urban Hotels, With Reference to Pune City. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science.2(4), p61 - 68. Saha, D (2011).Working Li fe of Street Vendors in Mumbai.The Indian Journal of Labour Economics.54(2),p301 - 325. Satyarthi, K. (2014, 10 11). To Employ Kids is Unethical. The Times of India , p. 9. Verma, Meera (1990). The Problem of Child Labour in Developi ng Economy like India. The Indian Journal of Labour Economics.32(2). Acknowledgement I would like to express my sincere thanks to my guide Dr. Sylvia M. De Mendonca e Noronha, HOD, Department of Economics, Goa University, Taleigao - Goa for her valuable suggestions and comments.