Lok Sabha Question No. 2370 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-13
Subject: Beneficiaries under NCLP
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram, Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2370

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2021

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER NCLP

2370. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM: SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

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

- (a)the  details  of  funds  allocated  towards  the  National  Child  Labour Project (NCLP) in the last three financial years and the number of children and adolescents benefitted from this scheme till date;
- (b)the  number  of  special  training  centres  set  up  under  the  scheme nation-wide and State-wise;
- (c)whether the lockdown has affected the functioning of the scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)the  details  of  basic  principles  of  NCLP  and  the  details  of  legal protection  provided  for  children  at  work;  and  (e)  the  number  of children who have been rehabilitated utilising resources from Child and Adolescent Labour Rehabilitation Fund?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): The  details  of  fund  allocated  under  National  Child  Labour Project  (NCLP)  scheme  during  the  last  three  financial  years  are  as under:

| Year     |   Budgetary allocation ( Rs. In crores) |
|----------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2018-19  |                                   89.99 |
| 2019-20  |                                   78    |
| 2020 -21 |                                   49    |

The  NCLP  Scheme  in  a  district,  once  sanctioned  on  the basis  of  proposals  received  from  the  State  Government/  District Administration,  is  implemented  by  the  District  Administration,  which sets  up  and  operates  special  training  centres,  enrolling  therein  the child labour rescued from child labour, and then mainstreaming them to the schools. The number of operational districts as on 31.03.2021 is at Annexure.

Due  to  Pandemic  COVID-19,  and  the  guidelines  issued thereof,  the  Special  Training  Centres  under  the  NCLP  Scheme  were not functional during the period.

(d): The  National  Child  Labour  Project  (NCLP)  Scheme  is  for rehabilitation of child labourers. Under the NCLP scheme, the children in the age group of 9-14 years are rescued/withdrawn from work and enrolled in the  NCLP  Special  Training  Centres,  where  they  are provided  with  bridge  education,  vocational  training,  mid-day  meal, stipend,  health  care,  etc.  before  being  mainstreamed  into  formal education  system.    The  children  in  the  age  group  of  5-8  years  are directly  linked  to  the  formal  education  system  through  a  close coordination with the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan.

- (e): Section 14 B of the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986  provides  for constitution of a fund  in every district or for two or more districts to be called the Child and Adolescent Labour Rehabilitation Fund to which the amount of the fine realized from the employer of the child and adolescent, within the jurisdiction of such district or districts, shall be credited. The details of rehabilitated children utilizing resources from Child and Adolescent Labour Rehabilitation Fund are not maintained centrally.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2370  FOR  13.12.2021    BY    SHRI  VISHNU  DAYAL RAM,SHRI  RAJESHBHAI  CHUDASAMA  REGARDING  BENEFICIARIES  UNDER NCLP.

## Status of NCLP Scheme: Operational Districts as on Date 31.03.2021

| Sl. No.   | Name of State   |   No. of Operational Districts |
|-----------|-----------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh  |                              6 |
| 2.        | Assam           |                              2 |
| 3.        | Jammu &Kashmir  |                              1 |
| 4.        | Jharkhand       |                              2 |
| 5.        | Karnataka       |                              1 |
| 6.        | Madhya Pradesh  |                              6 |
| 7.        | Maharashtra     |                              6 |
| 8.        | Odisha          |                              3 |
| 9.        | Rajasthan       |                              3 |
| 10.       | Tamil Nadu      |                             15 |
| 11.       | Telangana       |                              4 |
| 12.       | Uttar Pradesh   |                              3 |
| 13.       | West Bengal     |                              7 |
|           | Total           |                             59 |

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