Lok Sabha Question No. 1490 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: Child Labour
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: TAMRADHWAJ SAHU, JAGDAMBIKA PAL, P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER, SANJAY JAISWAL, ALOK SANJAR, ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE, KANWAR SINGH TANWAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1490 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2018

## CHILD LABOUR

## †1490. SHRI TAMRADHWAJ SAHU:

SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER:

DR. SANJAY JAISWAL:

SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:

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

- (a)whether child labour is still prevalent in the country and if so, the details thereof, along with the reasons therefor;
- (b)the number of schemes being implemented under the National Child Labour  Project  (NCLP)  Scheme  along  with  the  total  number  of people benefited under these schemes during the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (c)the total number of child labourers rescued and rehabilitated during the said period along with the current status of schools being run
- for child labourers in the country, State/UT-wise; and
- (d)the  details  of  various  welfare  schemes  being  implemented  for children working in unorganized sectors of the country?

## 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, illiteracy etc. As per 2011 Census, the number of main workers in the age group of 5-14 years in the country is 43.53 lakh which shows a decline from 57.79 lakh as per

- 2001 Census.

(b) to (d):   Government  is  implementing  the  National  Child  Labour Project  (NCLP)  Scheme  for  rehabilitation  of  child  labour  working  in both organized and unorganized sectors. Under the Scheme, children in  the  age  group  of  9-14  years,  rescued/withdrawn  from  work  in  any occupation  or  process,  are  enrolled  in  the  NCLP  Special  Training Centres,  where  they  are  provided  with  bridge  education, 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  2850  Special  Training Centres  (STCs)  are  in  operation  with  an  enrolment  of  approximately 1.11 lakh children under the scheme. As per the information received from District Project Societies, the number of child labourers rescued/withdrawn from work, rehabilitated and mainstreamed under NCLP Scheme during the last three years, State-wise and year wise; are given at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) to (d) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 1490 FOR 5.3.2018 BY SHRI TAMRADHWAJ SAHU, SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL,  SHRIMATI  P.K.  SREEMATHI  TEACHER,  DR.  SANJAY  JAISWAL,  SHRI  ALOK SANJAR,  SHRI  ASHOK  MAHADEORAO  NETE  AND  SHRI  KANWAR  SINGH  TANWAR, 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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