Lok Sabha Question No. 1102 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Child Labour Working in Hazardous Industries
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1102 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## CHILD LABOUR WORKING IN HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIES

†1102. SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

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

- (a)whether  a  large  number  of  child  labourers  are  still  working  in hazardous industries such as beedi, carpets, textiles and mining in the country;
- (b)if so, the state-wise details thereof; and
- (c)the number of child labourers rehabilitated from the said industries during the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): As per census 2011, the  total number  of  main workers in the age group of 5-14 years was  43,53,247. State wise details are at Annexure.

(c): On  the  basis  of  information  received  from  States/Union Territories, the number of child labourers rehabilitated under National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme  during last 3 years is as below:

|   Sl. No. | Year    |   Number of child labour rehabilitated |
|-----------|---------|----------------------------------------|
|         1 | 2018-19 |                                  50284 |
|         2 | 2019-20 |                                  54894 |
|         3 | 2020-21 |                                  58289 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) of  Lok Sabha UnStarred Question No. 1102 for 26.07.2021  by Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava regarding Child Labour Working in Hazardous Industries.

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.

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