Lok Sabha Question No. 2276 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Child Labour
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI, RAVINDRA BABU  PANDULA, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, M. I. SHANAVAS, RANJANBEN BHATT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2276

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.01.2018

## CHILD LABOUR

†2276. SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

DR. RAVINDRA BABU:

SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

SHRI M.I. SHANAVAS:

SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)whether  child  labour  is  still  prevalent  in  the  country  despite stringent laws in force in this regard and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with the reasons therefor;
- (b)the  details  of  the  implementation  of  the  National  Child  Labour Project  (NCLP)  Scheme  during  the  last  three  years  in  the  country including  the  number  of  schemes  implemented  under  the  NCLP Scheme  along  with  the  total  number  of  people  benefited  under
- these schemes, State/UT-wise;
- (c)the total number of child labourers rescued and rehabilitated during the said period, State/UT-wise; and
- (d)whether  there  are  any  welfare  schemes  for  children  working  in unorganized sectors of the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor along with the other steps being taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a): Child  Labour  is  an  outcome  of  various  socio-economic problems such as poverty, economic backwardness and illiteracy etc. As per 2011 Census, the number of main workers in the age group of 514 years in the country is 43.53 lakh which shows a decline from 57.79 lakh as per 2001  Census.  The  State-wise details are given at Annexure-I.

(b) to (d): Government  is  implementing  the  National  Child  Labour Project  (NCLP)  Scheme  for  rehabilitation  of  child  labour.  Under  the Scheme, children in  the  age  group  of  9-14  years,  rescued/withdrawn from  work  in  any  occupation  and  process,  are  enrolled  in  the  NCLP Special Training Centres, where they are provided with bridge education, vocational training, mid day meal, stipend, health care, etc. before being mainstreamed into formal education system. Children in the age group of 5-8 years are directly linked to the formal education system through a close coordination with the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).

At present NCLP Scheme is sanctioned in 280 Districts  of 21  States  in  the  country.  As  per  the  information  received  from  the District  Project  Societies,  at  present  about  2900  Special  Training Centres  (STCs)  are  in  operation  with  an  enrolment  of  approximately 1.12 lakh children under the scheme. As per the information received labourers rescued/withdrawn from work, rehabilitated and mainstreamed under NCLP Scheme during the last three years, State-wise and year wise;

from District Project Societies, the number of child are given at Annexure-II.

Under legislative action plan, Government has enacted the Child  &  Adolescent  Labour (Prohibition  &  Regulation)  Act,  1986  with prohibits employment  or  work  of  children  below  14  years  of  age  in  any occupation or process and adolescents (14-18 years) in the hazardous effect from 1.9.2016. The Amendment Act, inter-alia, occupations and processes.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2276 FOR 1.1.2018 BY SHRI RAJU SHETTY, DR. RAVINDRA BABU, SHRI  DUSHYANT  CHAUTALA,  SHRI  M.I.  SHANAVAS,  SHRIMATI  RANJANBEN BHATT, HON'BLE MP REGARDING CHILD LABOUR

State wise details of main workers in the age group of 5-14 years as per Census 2011:

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT            |   No. of main workers in the age group of 5-14 years |
|-----------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Island     |                                                  999 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh **           |                                               404851 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh           |                                                 5766 |
| 4.        | Assam                       |                                                99512 |
| 5.        | Bihar                       |                                               451590 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh Union Territory  |                                                 3135 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                |                                                63884 |
| 8.        | Dadra &Nagar H.             |                                                 1054 |
| 9.        | Daman &Diu Union Territory  |                                                  774 |
| 10.       | Delhi Union Territory       |                                                26473 |
| 11.       | Goa                         |                                                 6920 |
| 12.       | Gujarat                     |                                               250318 |
| 13.       | Haryana                     |                                                53492 |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh            |                                                15001 |
| 15.       | Jammu &Kashmir              |                                                25528 |
| 16.       | Jharkhand                   |                                                90996 |
| 17.       | Karnataka                   |                                               249432 |
| 18.       | Kerala                      |                                                21757 |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep Union Territory |                                                   28 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh              |                                               286310 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra                 |                                               496916 |
| 22.       | Manipur                     |                                                11805 |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                   |                                                18839 |
| 24.       | Mizoram                     |                                                 2793 |
| 25.       | Nagaland                    |                                                11062 |
| 26.       | Odisha                      |                                                92087 |
| 27.       | Puducherry Union Territory  |                                                 1421 |
| 28.       | Punjab                      |                                                90353 |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                   |                                               252338 |
| 30.       | Sikkim                      |                                                 2704 |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                  |                                               151437 |
| 32.       | Tripura                     |                                                 4998 |
| 33.       | Uttar Pradesh               |                                               896301 |
| 34.       | Uttarakhand                 |                                                28098 |
| 35.       | West Bengal                 |                                               234275 |
|           | Total                       |                                              4353247 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2276  FOR  1.1.2018  BY  SHRI  RAJU  SHETTY,  DR. RAVINDRA BABU, SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, SHRI M.I. SHANAVAS, SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT, HON'BLE MP REGARDING CHILD LABOUR.

No.  of  children  mainstreamed  under  National  Child  Labour  Project  (NCLP)  Scheme during the last three years, State-wise:

| Sl. No.   | State          |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh |       346 |       716 |       814 |
| 2         | Assam          |        60 |      9693 |       434 |
| 3         | Bihar          |     14028 |      2656 |         0 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh   |     10173 |         0 |         0 |
| 5         | Gujarat        |       892 |         0 |         0 |
| 6         | Haryana        |      2583 |         0 |        40 |
| 7         | Jammu &Kashmir |         0 |        10 |         0 |
| 8         | Jharkhand      |      2989 |      3450 |       334 |
| 9         | Karnataka      |      2519 |      1984 |       681 |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh |      7879 |      7472 |      4442 |
| 11        | Maharashtra    |      3804 |      2177 |      1692 |
| 12        | Odisha         |     21315 |      1900 |         0 |
| 13        | Punjab         |       290 |       880 |       592 |
| 14        | Rajasthan      |      3349 |      8476 |       630 |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu     |      4492 |      4089 |      2850 |
| 16        | Telangana      |      2691 |      1810 |      1431 |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh  |     16277 |         0 |      3066 |
| 18        | West Bengal    |     22689 |     13763 |     13973 |
| 19        | Uttarakhand    |       145 |         0 |         0 |
| 20        | Nagaland       |       436 |         0 |         0 |
|           | Total          |    116957 |     59076 |     30979 |

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