Lok Sabha Question No. 624 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-06
Subject: Schools for Child Labourers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: YOGI ADITYANATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 624 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2017

## SCHOOLS FOR CHILD LABOURERS

†624. SHRI YOGI ADITYA NATH:

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

- (a)the  number  of  special  schools  (Child  Labour  Rehabilitation-cumWelfare  Centres)  operational  in  the  country  at  present,  State/UTwise;
- (b)the  details  of  financial  assistance  provided  and  utilised  by  these special  schools  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to bring child labourers into the main stream of education?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a): As per the information received from District Project Societies, the number of Special Training Centres operational in the country at present,  state/UT  wise,  under  National  Child  Labour  Project  (NCLP) Scheme is at Annexure-I.
- (b): The NCLP  Scheme  is  implemented  through  District Project Societies  under  chairmanship  of  administrative  head  of  the  District namely  District  Magistrate/Deputy  Commissioner.  Grant  under  the Scheme  is  released  directly to District Project Societies.  Grant released to District Project Societies under the Scheme, State wise, during last three years and current year is at Annexure-II.

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(c): Government is  implementing  the  National  Child  Labour  Project (NCLP) Scheme for rehabilitation of child labour since 1988. The major objective  of  the  Scheme  is  to  withdraw  children  from  work  and mainstream them into formal education system. Children rescued/withdrawn  from  work  in  the  age  group  of  9-14  years  are enrolled in the  NCLP  Special  Training  Centres,  where  they  are provided  with  bridge  education, 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).

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION  NO.  624  FOR  6.2.2017  BY  SHRI  YOGI  ADITYA  NATH,  HON'BLE  MP REGARDING SCHOOLS FOR CHILD LABOURERS.

State/UT-wise details of Special Training Centres operational at present under National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme.

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT   | Functioning Training Centres   |   Special |
|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh         |                                |        60 |
| 2         | Assam                  |                                |       179 |
| 3         | Bihar                  |                                |       156 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh           |                                |         0 |
| 5         | Delhi                  |                                |         0 |
| 6         | Gujarat                |                                |         0 |
| 7         | Haryana                |                                |        66 |
| 8         | Jammu &Kashmir         |                                |        17 |
| 9         | Jharkhand              |                                |       199 |
| 10        | Karnataka              |                                |        55 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh         |                                |       292 |
| 12        | Maharashtra            |                                |       341 |
| 13        | Nagaland               |                                |        44 |
| 14        | Odisha                 |                                |         0 |
| 15        | Punjab                 |                                |        91 |
| 16        | Rajasthan              |                                |        86 |
| 17        | Tamil Nadu             |                                |       315 |
| 18        | Telangana              |                                |       168 |
| 19        | Uttar Pradesh          |                                |       372 |
| 20        | Uttarakhand            |                                |         0 |
| 21        | West Bengal            |                                |       740 |
|           | Total                  |                                |      3181 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION  NO.  624  FOR  6.2.2017  BY  SHRI  YOGI  ADITYA  NATH,  HON'BLE  MP REGARDING SCHOOLS FOR CHILD LABOURERS.

## Grant Released under NCLP Scheme State wise during last three years and current year:

## (Rupees in lakh)

|   Sl. No. | Name of State    | 2013-14   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (as on 31.1.2017) |
|-----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh * | 610.22    |    143.33 |    196.58 |                      150.48 |
|         2 | Assam            | 631.48    |    471.64 |    807.97 |                      146.91 |
|         3 | Bihar            | 546.57    |   1071.82 |    948.42 |                      168.92 |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh     | 768.83    |    432.53 |     26    |                        0    |
|         5 | Gujarat          | 70.00     |      7    |      8.25 |                        4.69 |
|         6 | Haryana          | 292.93    |    218.71 |    161.79 |                       73.28 |
|         7 | Jammu& Kashmir   | 48.73     |     62.97 |     47.13 |                       30.67 |
|         8 | Jharkhand        | 257.41    |    406.78 |    375.97 |                      329.98 |
|         9 | Karnataka        | 361.89    |    204.6  |    212.08 |                       95.98 |
|        10 | Madhya Pradesh   | 696.16    |    768.71 |    701.12 |                      515.51 |
|        11 | Maharashtra      | 785.26    |    830.08 |   1017.66 |                      674.35 |
|        12 | Nagaland         | 151.17    |    151.17 |    131.45 |                      114.35 |
|        13 | Odisha           | 1112.92   |    355.31 |    290.91 |                        0    |
|        14 | Punjab           | 151.02    |    350.24 |    256.63 |                      190.53 |
|        15 | Rajasthan        | 510.95    |    269.25 |    223.7  |                       69.16 |
|        16 | Tamil Nadu       | 641.41    |    731.14 |    643.08 |                      642.41 |
|        17 | Telangana        | -         |    521.6  |    547.1  |                      328.02 |
|        18 | Uttar Pradesh    | 1466.97   |   1103.72 |    430.07 |                     1177.88 |
|        19 | Uttarakhand      | 0         |      9    |      4    |                        0    |
|        20 | West Bengal      | 1931.55   |   2100.87 |   2269.34 |                     1312.64 |

* Including Telangana for the financial year 2013-14.

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