Lok Sabha Question No. 43 (STARRED), answered on 2017-02-06
Subject: Child Labour Rehabilitation Centres
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Y. S. AVINASH REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 43 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2017

## CHILD LABOUR REHABILITATION CENTRES

*43. SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  has  received  any  request  for  revival  of Child Labour Rehabilitation Centres in the country including Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh;
- (b)if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  by  the  Government thereon;
- (c)whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  decision  on  revival  of  all such Centres in the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d)whether some bills are pending for settlement pertaining to salaries of project staff and special training centres of National Child Labour Project, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh for the year 2013-14; and
- (e)if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the steps being taken for their expeditious settlement?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 43 RAISED BY SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY  FOR  ANSWER  ON  06.02.2017  REGARDING  CHILD  LABOUR REHABILITATION CENTRES:

- (a)  &  (b):  Government is implementing National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme for rehabilitation of child labour. Under the Scheme, children below 14 years of age employed or working in any occupation or process are identified through survey and are withdrawn / rescued from work. Children in the age group of 5-8 years are admitted directly in schools and children in age group of 9-14 years are enrolled in the Special  Training  Centres  (STCs)  for  a  maximum  period  of  2  years. STCs provide bridge education to children before they are mainstreamed  into  formal  education  system.  STCs  are  closed  on mainstreaming  of  the  enrolled  children  in  formal  schools  and  the volunteers  are  disengaged.  There  is  no  concept  of  revival  of  STCs, however, the STCs are opened by District Project Society at particular location  identified  in  the  fresh  survey  conducted  to  assess  the prevalence of child labour.

Central  Government has received request from 13 District Project Societies in accordance with NCLP guidelines for opening of STCs  during  the  current  financial  year on  the basis of  survey conducted by them, out of which permission has been  granted to 8 District  Project  Societies.    The  state  wise  details  of  the  requests received and permission granted is at Annexure. However, no proposal for opening of STCs has been received from NCLP, Kadapa after its closing in July, 2013.

- (c): Central Government has taken various measures in order to open new STCs in already sanctioned District Project Societies and also  extending  the  coverage  of  NCLP  in  new  Districts.  The  NCLP guidelines have been revised w.e.f. 01.04.2016 and simplified procedure  for  the  purpose  of  opening  of  STCs,  release  of  fund  for survey, uniform procedure for conducting survey and release of grants has  been  prescribed.    In  this  regard,  instructions  have  been  issued from  time  to  time  to  District  Project  Societies  and  State  Labour Departments  for  conducting  survey  to  assess  prevalence  of  child labour  and  survey  fund  has  been  released  to  104  Project  Societies since 2015-16.

(d) & (e):  Under  NCLP  Scheme  funds  are  directly  released  to  the District Project Societies headed by District Magistrate/Collector who in turn allocates the funds to the NGOs/voluntary agencies for running of STCs and granting of salary to the volunteers. STCs under Project Society  Kadapa is closed since July, 2013 and the funds were last released  for  the  financial  year  2011-12.  The  Project  Society  has submitted claim for release of liability of Rs. 10,21,691/- for 2011-12 and  Rs.  35,17,223/-  for  2012-13.  After  examination,  it  was  observed that  requisite  periodical  documents  up  to  July,  2013  were  not furnished completely by the Project Society. The Project Society has been repeatedly requested to furnish the documents and to conduct fresh  survey  vide  Ministry's  letters  dated  06.02.2015,  21.10.2015, 27.10.2015, 11.01.2016 and 18.02.2016. However, the complete documents  as  per  NCLP  guidelines  and  claim  in  prescribed  liability format have not been furnished so far.

ANNEXURE STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 43 RAISED BY SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY  FOR  ANSWER  ON  06.02.2017  REGARDING  CHILD  LABOUR REHABILITATION CENTRES:

| Sl. No.   | State         | No. of requests received from Project Society                 |   Permission granted |
|-----------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1         | Uttar Pradesh | 5 (Fatehpur, Allahabad, Kanpur Nagar, Aligarh, and Balrampur) |                    4 |
| 2         | Rajasthan     | 4 (Baran, Alwar, Tonk and Dausa)                              |                    1 |
| 3         | Odisha        | 2 (Sundergarh and Deogarh)                                    |                    2 |
| 4         | Gujarat       | 1 (Vadodara)                                                  |                    0 |
| 5.        | West Bengal   | 1(Birbhum)                                                    |                    1 |
| Total     | Total         | 13                                                            |                    8 |

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