Employment of children under the age of 14 in households, roadside restaurants, spas and hotels will be made illegal in India from October 10, marking a further clampdown on one of the country's most intractable social problems. India's labour ministry said it was adding these occupations to the lengthy list of "hazardous' lines of work in which child labour is prohibited under the terms of India's Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986. Under the existing provisions of this act, children are already banned from working in a number of industries including mining, handloom, cigarette manufacture, glass-making and meat-processing.