Lok Sabha Question No. 2123 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Child Labour in Hazardous Industries
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SAKSHI SWAMI MAHARAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2123 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.01.2018

## CHILD LABOUR IN HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIES

†2123. DR. SWAMI SAKSHIJI MAHARAJ:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  proposes  to  impose  complete  ban  on employment of child labour particularly in hazardous industries and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)whether  the  employment  of  child  labour  in  enterprises  and  farm land is likely to be kept out of the said purview and if so, the details
- thereof; and
- (c)the present status of child labour across the country particularly in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Government  has  enacted  the  Child  Labour  (Prohibition  & Regulation)  Amendment  Act,  2016  with  effect  from  1.9.2016.  The Amendment Act, inter-alia, prohibits employment or work of children below 14 years of age in any occupation or process and adolescents (14-18 years) in the hazardous occupations and processes as identified.
- (c): As per Census 2011, the number of main workers in the age group of 5-14 years in the country is 43.53 lakh. The State-wise details including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are given in the Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION No. 2123 FOR 1.1.2018 BY DR. SWAMI SAKSHIJI MAHARAJ, HON'BLE MP REGARDING CHILD LABOUR IN HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIES.

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 U.T.             |                                                 3135 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                |                                                63884 |
| 8.        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli         |                                                 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 |