Giridih District, Jharkhand, India, 2018. A child Mica miner. There are at least 20.000 Indian children who work in the Mica mines in the Jharkhand and Bihar state, notwithstanding the law forbids children under 14 to work in mines. Grinding poverty (36.9% of the population in Jharkand and 33.7% in Bihar live below the poverty line) makes children especially vulnerable to child labour, as families rely on them to supplement the household income.
