Lok Sabha Question No. 2176 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Amendment in the Existing Child Labour Law
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2176

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.12.2018

## AMENDMENT IN THE EXISTING CHILD LABOUR LAW

†2176. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  enacted  any  strict  laws  or  carried  out amendment in the existing laws to check child labour in rural areas during the last six years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of complaints of child labour received during the last six years along with the number of children rescued across the country during the said period, State/UT-wise and district-wise;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  kind  of  assistance  from foreign countries to reduce cases of child labour and to make children in the country literate during the said period; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## 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 which came into force w.e.f. 1.9.2016. The Amendment Act inter alia provides for complete prohibition of work or employment of children below 14 years in any occupation and process and  prohibition  of  adolescents  in  the  age  group  of  14  to  18  years  in hazardous occupations and processes. The Amendment Act also provides stricter punishment for employers for violation of the Act and has made the offence as cognizable.
- (c): A  total  of  565  complaints  have  been  received  on  PENCIL (Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour) Portal so far. The number  of  child  labourers  rescued/  withdrawn  from  work,  rehabilitated and mainstreamed under National Child Labour Project Scheme during the last six years, State-wise, is given at Annexure-I.
- (d): No, Madam.
- (e): Does not arise, in view of (d) above.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2176  FOR  ANSWER  ON  24.12.2018  BY  SHRI SUKHBIR  SINGH  JAUNAPURIA  REGARDING  AMENDMENT  IN  THE  EXISTING CHILD LABOUR LAW.

Number  of  child  labourers  withdrawn  from  work  and  mainstreamed  under National  Child  Labour  Project  (NCLP)  Scheme  during  the  last  six  years,  Statewise (based on the available information received from District Project Societies)

| Sl. No.   | State           | 2012-13   | 2013-14   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 ** |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh# | 7840      | 5715      |       346 |       716 |       814 |          203 |
| 2         | Assam           | 10848     | 0         |        60 |      9693 |       434 |          915 |
| 3         | Bihar           | 1162      | 3736      |     14028 |      2656 |         0 |         2800 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh    | 2004      | 8034      |     10173 |         0 |         0 |            0 |
| 5         | Gujarat         | 569       | 453       |       892 |         0 |         0 |          187 |
| 6         | Haryana         | 1722      | 631       |      2583 |         0 |        40 |            0 |
| 7         | Jammu & Kashmir | 132       | 469       |         0 |        10 |         0 |            0 |
| 8         | Jharkhand       | 4003      | 1028      |      2989 |      3450 |       334 |         2014 |
| 9         | Karnataka       | 758       | 2391      |      2519 |      1984 |       681 |          679 |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh  | 7116      | 8323      |      7879 |      7472 |      4442 |        11400 |
| 11        | Maharashtra     | 4954      | 5614      |      3804 |      2177 |      1692 |         4960 |
| 12        | Odisha          | 10309     | 6114      |     21315 |      1900 |         0 |            0 |
| 13        | Punjab          | 0         | 957       |       290 |       880 |       592 |          994 |
| 14        | Rajasthan       | 4155      | 3585      |      3349 |      8476 |       630 |          105 |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu      | 3671      | 3436      |      4492 |      4089 |      2850 |         2855 |
| 16        | Telangana       | -         | -         |      2691 |      1810 |      1431 |         2137 |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh   | 10616     | 7310      |     16277 |         0 |      3066 |            0 |
| 18        | West Bengal     | 3117      | 6254      |     22689 |     13763 |     13973 |        17899 |
| 19        | Uttarakhand     | -         | -         |       145 |         0 |         0 |            0 |
| 20        | Nagaland        | -         | -         |       436 |         0 |         0 |          197 |
|           | Total           | 72976     | 64050     |    116957 |     59076 |     30979 |        47345 |

#    Andhra Pradesh includes Telangana for 2012-13 and 2013-14.

** as per Quarterly Progress Reports (QPRs) for the quarter ending March, 2018 received from the Project Society so far.

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