Lok Sabha Question No. 4604 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: National Child Labour Project
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4604

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2019

## NATIONAL CHILD LABOUR PROJECT

4604. MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

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

- (a)the quantum of funds allocated to the National Child Labour Project during the last five years, year-wise;
- (b)the quantum of funds released to States in the form of grants under the project during the same period, year-wise and State-wise;
- (c)the number of complaints of child labour received on the Platform for Effective Enforcement of No Child Labour portal since its launch in 2017; and
- (d)the number of complaints resolved since its launch and the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Government of India is implementing the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme for rehabilitation of child labour.  The funds  allocated  to  the  NCLP  Scheme,  year-wise,  during  2014-15  to 2018-19 is as under:

| Year    |   Funds Allocated (in Rs. crore) |
|---------|----------------------------------|
| 2014-15 |                           110.87 |
| 2015-16 |                            99.5  |
| 2016-17 |                           105    |
| 2017-18 |                            95.17 |
| 2018-19 |                            89.99 |

(b): The NCLP Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme. Under this Scheme, funds are provided directly to the District  Project Societies headed  by  District  Magistrate/Collector/Deputy  Commissioner  who  in turn allocates the funds to NGOs/Voluntary Agencies, etc. for running of Special Training Centres.  The Grant-in-Aid released during 2014-15 to 2018-19 under the NCLP Scheme, State-wise and year-wise, is given at Annexure-I.

- (c) & (d): To  ensure  effective  enforcement  of  the  provisions  of  the Child  Labour  Act  and  smooth  implementation  of  the  National  Child Labour  Project  (NCLP)  Scheme  a  separate  online  portal  Platform  for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour (PENCIL) has been launched w.e.f.  26.9.2017.  The  Portal  connects  Central  Government  to  State Government(s), District(s), all Project Societies and the General public. Further, online complaints regarding child labour can also be filed by anybody  on  the  Pencil  Portal.  The  complaint  gets  assigned  to  the concerned  Nodal  Officer  automatically  by  the  system  for  further necessary action.

Of the 1010 complaints of child labour received on PENCIL, the District Nodal Officers have updated the status in respect of 361 complaints as resolved.

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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.4604  FOR  22.07.2019  BY  Ms.  RAMYA HARIDAS, HON'BLE MP REGARDING NATIONAL CHILD LABOUR PROJECT

## Grant  Released  under  NCLP  Scheme  State-wise  during  2014-15  to 2018-19:

(Rupees in lakh)

|   Sl. No. | Name of State   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh  |    143.33 |    196.58 |    213.01 |    298.12 |    309.46 |
|         2 | Assam           |    471.64 |    807.97 |    257.3  |    460.3  |   1109.45 |
|         3 | Bihar           |   1071.82 |    948.42 |    168.92 |      0    |      0    |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh    |    432.53 |     26    |      0    |      4    |      0    |
|         5 | Gujarat         |      7    |      8.25 |     33.78 |    112.26 |     99.41 |
|         6 | Haryana         |    218.71 |    161.79 |    412.18 |    123.13 |    234.66 |
|         7 | Jammu &Kashmir  |     62.97 |     47.13 |     61.04 |      0    |     56.14 |
|         8 | Jharkhand       |    406.78 |    375.97 |    543.72 |    280.14 |      0    |
|         9 | Karnataka       |    204.6  |    212.08 |    132.26 |    100.53 |    184.23 |
|        10 | Madhya Pradesh  |    768.71 |    701.12 |    878.68 |    687.37 |    514.34 |
|        11 | Maharashtra     |    830.08 |   1017.66 |   1192.54 |   1338.84 |    106.19 |
|        12 | Nagaland        |    151.17 |    131.45 |    192.69 |     74.07 |      0    |
|        13 | Odisha          |    355.31 |    290.91 |      8    |    106.4  |    138.62 |
|        14 | Punjab          |    350.24 |    256.63 |    325.14 |    322.33 |    256.88 |
|        15 | Rajasthan       |    269.25 |    223.7  |    138.89 |    179.06 |    319.46 |
|        16 | Tamil Nadu      |    731.14 |    643.08 |   1015.07 |    749.67 |    878.53 |
|        17 | Telangana       |    521.6  |    547.1  |    475.76 |    323.29 |    204.56 |
|        18 | Uttar Pradesh   |   1103.72 |    430.07 |   1333.25 |   1176.15 |   1420.72 |
|        19 | Uttarakhand     |      9    |      4    |     12.34 |     36.62 |      0    |
|        20 | West Bengal     |   2100.87 |   2269.34 |   1916.85 |   2227.2  |   1896.9  |

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