Lok Sabha Question No. 1528 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: Child Labour Rehabilitation Centre
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK, KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1528 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2018

## CHILD LABOUR REHABILITATION CENTRE

†1528. SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

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

- (a)the  total  number  of  the  child  labour  rehabilitation-cum-welfare  centres running in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b)the details of the children enrolled in the existing centres/special schools during the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (c)the  total  amount  allocated  under  the  Union  budget  for  'awareness programme' under the National Child labour project from the year 2014-15 to till date; and
- (d)the  number  of  programmes  organized  for  creating  awareness  during  the said period, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): As per the information received from District Project Societies the State-wise  details  of  Special  Training  Centres  (STCs)  in  operation  under National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme and total number of children enrolled  in  the  STCs  at  present  is  given  at  the  Annexure.  As  per  the information received from District Project Societies, number  of fresh enrollment made in the STCs during the last three years is as under:

| Year    |   No. of fresh enrollment in STCs |
|---------|-----------------------------------|
| 2014-15 |                             33484 |
| 2015-16 |                             24927 |
| 2016-17 |                             43109 |

At present about 1.11 lac children are enrolled in the STCs under NCLP.

(c) & (d): Under the NCLP Scheme, funds are also being released to District Project  Societies  for  launching  of  awareness  campaigns  for  eradication  of child  labour  at  their  level.  The  provision  of  fund  for  running  awareness generation activities at the Society level has been revised from time to time as under:

| Date/Year       | Amount per Society per annum                                                     |
|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| W.e.f. 1.4.2011 | Rs.1.25 lac                                                                      |
| W.e.f. 1.4.2016 | Rs.2.00 lac                                                                      |
| W.e.f. 1.4.2017 | Rs.50000/- + Rs.2.00 lac per operational Society for State Resource Centre (SRC) |

From  this  fund  of  awareness  generation  the  Project  Societies  hold seminars, exhibitions, street plays, rallies, posters/banners etc. to disseminate awareness. Besides Central Government undertakes awareness generation  campaigns  through  print  and  electronic  media  at  central  level. The fund allocated under NCLP Scheme for conducting awareness campaign at central level during the last three years and current year is as under:

| Year    | Amount         |
|---------|----------------|
| 2014-15 | Rs.5.00 crore  |
| 2015-16 | Rs.5.00 crore  |
| 2016-17 | Rs.12.00 crore |
| 2017-18 | Rs.9.66 crore  |

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1528  FOR  5.3.2018  BY  SHRI  RAMESH  CHANDER KAUSHIK AND SHRI KIRTI AZAD, HON'BLE MP REGARDING CHILD LABOUR REHABILITATION CENTRE

State-wise  details  of  Special  Training  Centres  (STCs)  in  operation  and  total  number  of children enrolled in the STCs

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT   |   Functional Districts |   Functional Special Training Centers |   Total Children Enrolled |
|-----------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh         |                      4 |                                    68 |                      2260 |
| 2         | Assam                  |                      3 |                                   178 |                      7104 |
| 3         | Bihar                  |                      1 |                                   100 |                      4908 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh           |                      0 |                                     0 |                         0 |
| 5         | Delhi                  |                      0 |                                     0 |                         0 |
| 6         | Gujarat                |                      2 |                                    37 |                      1301 |
| 7         | Haryana                |                      1 |                                    26 |                      1314 |
| 8         | Jammu &Kashmir         |                      1 |                                     9 |                       169 |
| 9         | Jharkhand              |                      7 |                                   199 |                      8354 |
| 10        | Karnataka              |                      7 |                                    45 |                      2465 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh         |                      8 |                                   219 |                      9290 |
| 12        | Maharashtra            |                     14 |                                   385 |                     13944 |
| 13        | Nagaland               |                      1 |                                    44 |                      2200 |
| 14        | Odisha                 |                      2 |                                    48 |                      1542 |
| 15        | Punjab                 |                      3 |                                    97 |                      4767 |
| 16        | Rajasthan              |                      2 |                                    27 |                       691 |
| 17        | Tamil Nadu             |                     15 |                                   312 |                      8990 |
| 18        | Telangana              |                      4 |                                    85 |                      2478 |
| 19        | Uttar Pradesh          |                      4 |                                   225 |                      8737 |
| 20        | Uttarakhand            |                      1 |                                    10 |                       388 |
| 21        | West Bengal            |                     17 |                                   736 |                     30037 |
|           | Total                  |                     97 |                                  2850 |                    110939 |

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