Question

One of the forms of exploitation as mentioned in the constitution is 'traffic'. What does it mean?
A.Transport system
B.Buying and selling of human beings
C.Buying and selling of goods
D.Parliamentary procedures

Answer 1

Hint:
Trafficking refers to dealing or trading humans illegally. It is usually done for forced labor, sexual exploitation, begging, sexual slavery, etc. Article 23 of the Constitution of India deals with prohibition of traffic in human beings as well as forced labor.

Complete solution:
Article 23 of the Constitution of India explicitly prohibits as well as criminalizes human trafficking along with the forced labor. As the Indian Constitution does not define forced labor, India's Supreme Court has read this provision expansively, and thus also provided specific guidance on the definition. Referring to the case of People’s Union for Democratic Rights vs. Union of India and Others, 1982, the Supreme Court of India had determined that forced labor must be defined as any labor for which the worker receives lower than the government-stipulated minimum wage: “ordinarily no one would willingly supply labor or service to another for less than the minimum wage unless he or she is acting under some compulsion's force that drives him to work though he is paid less than what he is entitled under law to receive.”

The offences that are presented in Article 23(1) above have been laid out in subsequent enactments – including the Bonded Labor Abolition Act of 1976 and the Child Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) refers to an Indian Government Commission established in the year 2007 under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005. The main aim of this statutory body is to make sure that all the laws, policies, programmes and administrative mechanisms are in accordance with the provisions of child rights enshrined under the Constitution of India and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This commission has been installed at the Centre as well as the State levels. In addition to this, it also works for speedy trials of the Children’s Court in case of any type of offences against them or any violation of the child’s right.