Lok Sabha Question No. 1974 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-14
Subject: Child Labour
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sanjay(Kaka) Ramchandra Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1974

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2022

## CHILD LABOUR

## 1974. SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

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

- (a)whether the Ministry is aware of the numerous recent studies which have pointed towards increase in child labour cases all around the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)whether  there  is  a  significant  increase  in  cases  of  child  labour across the country;
- (c)the details of child labour cases during the last three years and the
- current year in Maharashtra, District-wise; and
- (d)the steps taken by Government to prevent such increase in cases of
- child labour?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a) to (c): As  per  'Crime  in  India,  2020'  a  publication  of  National Crime  Records  Bureau,  464,  772  and  476  number  of  cases  were registered  during  calendar  year  2018,  2019  and  2020  respectively under  Child  and  Adolescent  Labour  (Prohibition  and  Regulation)  Act, 1986 in the country. State-wise details are Annexed.
- (d): The Government  is pursuing multipronged strategy to eliminate child labour and has taken comprehensive measures which include legislative measures, rehabilitation strategy, providing right of free  education  and  general  socio-economic  development  so  as  to eliminate  the  incidence  of  the  child  labour.  The  details  of  statutory and legislative measures, rehabilitation strategy and education are as under:

- (i) Government  has  enacted  the  Child  Labour  (Prohibition  & Regulation)  Amendment  Act,  2016  which  came  into  force w.e.f. 1.9.2016. The amendment also provides stricter punishment  for  employers  for  violation  of  the  Act  and  made the offence as cognizable.
- (ii) Framing of Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Central Rules
- (iii) Framing of model State Action Plan enumerating action points to be taken by respective State Governments and circulation of the same to all Chief Secretaries.
- (iv) Implementation of National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme for rehabilitation of child labour, which has now been subsumed under Samagara Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Scheme.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1974  FOR  14.03.2022  BY  SHRI  SANJAY  KAKA  PATIL REGARDING 'CHILD LABOUR'.

Number  of  cases  registered  under  Child  and  Adolescent  Labour  (Prohibition  and Regulation) Act, 1986, State / Union Territories -wise:

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |      0 |      2 |     37 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |      1 |      0 |      1 |
| 3         | Assam             |     39 |     68 |     40 |
| 4         | Bihar             |     14 |     15 |      3 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |      0 |      2 |      0 |
| 6         | Gujarat           |     35 |     64 |     39 |
| 7         | Haryana           |      6 |     11 |      1 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 9         | Jharkhand         |     17 |     18 |     27 |
| 10        | Karnataka         |     63 |     83 |     54 |
| 11        | Kerala            |      3 |      2 |      0 |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh    |      3 |      4 |      1 |
| 13        | Maharashtra       |     90 |     53 |     29 |
| 14        | Meghalaya         |      0 |      2 |      0 |
| 15        | Punjab            |      8 |      8 |     11 |
| 16        | Rajasthan         |     32 |     48 |     30 |
| 17        | Tamil Nadu        |      6 |      3 |      2 |
| 18        | Telangana         |    125 |    314 |    147 |
| 19        | Tripura           |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 20        | Uttar Pradesh     |      2 |      9 |      1 |
| 21        | Uttarakhand       |      0 |     27 |     41 |
| 22        | West Bengal       |      5 |      7 |      3 |
| 23        | Chandigarh        |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 24        | Daman &Diu        |      0 |      2 |      0 |
| 25        | Delhi             |     15 |     30 |      6 |
|           | TOTAL             |    464 |    772 |    476 |

Source: National Crime Records Bureau

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