Lok Sabha Question No. 4216 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Child Labour in Jharkhand
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sanjay Seth

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4216 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2021

## CHILD LABOUR IN JHARKHAND

4216. SHRI SANJAY SETH:

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

- (a)whether  child  labourers  are  reportedly  still  being  employed  in  various
- parts of the country especially in Jharkhand;
- (b)if so, the details thereof along with the total number of Child labourers in the country, State/UT-wise including Jharkhand;
- (c)whether the Government has collected any data of children of Jharkhand being transported to other parts of the country; and
- (d)if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) & (b): Child Labour is an outcome of various socio-economic problems such  as  poverty,  economic  backwardness  and  illiteracy.  The  Government stands committed to the eradication of child labour from the country.  The Government has enacted Child & Adolescent Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 which inter-alia stipulates the complete prohibition on employment or work  of children below 14 years of age in any occupation or process  including  domestic  work  and      also  prohibits  employment  of adolescents (14-18 years)  in hazardous occupation and processes.

As  per  Census  2011,  the    number  of  main  workers  in  the  age group  of  5-14  years  in  the  country  is  43,53,247    and  in  the  State  of Jharkhand is 90,996.  State wise details are at Annexure.

- (c) & (d):  As per the Human Trafficking data published by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), based on annual data provided by States/UTs from their  Anti-Human  Trafficking  Units,  during  2019,  a  total  of  172  children (below  18  years)  were  trafficked  under  Human  Trafficking  in  the  State  of Jharkhand.

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Annexure

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF    LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  4216  FOR  22.03.2021  BY  SHRI  SANJAY  SETH REGARDING CHILD LABOUR IN JHARKHAND.

State wise details of main workers in the age group of 5-14 years as per Census 2011 are as under:

| 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 H.         |                                                 1054 |
| 9.        | Daman &Diu U.T.         |                                                  774 |
| 10.       | Delhi U.T.              |                                                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 UT          |                                                   28 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh          |                                               286310 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra             |                                               496916 |
| 22.       | Manipur                 |                                                11805 |
| 23.       | Meghalaya               |                                                18839 |
| 24.       | Mizoram                 |                                                 2793 |
| 25.       | Nagaland                |                                                11062 |
| 26.       | Odisha                  |                                                92087 |
| 27.       | Pondicherry U.T.        |                                                 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 |

* Including Telangana.