Lok Sabha Question No. 3497 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: National Child Labour Project
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Kuldeep Rai Sharma

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3497

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022

## NATIONAL CHILD LABOUR PROJECT

## 3497. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

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

- (a)the  number  of  children  in  the  age  group  of  9-14  years  reserved  and enrolled  in  the  special  training  centres  under  the  National  Child  Labour Projects (NCLP) Scheme till date, State-wise since 2017 therein;
- (b)the objectives of NCLP along with the details of the projects under NCLP presently under implementation and the funds given to various agencies
- for implementation of these projects, State-wise including Maharashtra;
- (c)the districts covered under the NCLP Scheme and the reasons for the low number of districts where the project is being implemented, the number of NCLP Training Centres in the country and the number of Child labourers rescued and trained in these Centres, State-wise;
- (d)whether  the  Government  has  done  any  review  of  the  works  carried  out under NCLP, if so, the details of the various things that came to notice as a result of the said review; and
- (e)the strategy adopted by the Government to make this project successful including  the  extent  to  which  the  said  strategy  has  proved  successful along with the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As per the information received from District Project Societies, the number of child labourers/beneficiaries rescued/ withdrawn from work, rehabilitated and mainstreamed under National Child Labour Project Scheme (NCLP) since 2017 -18,  State-wise,  is at Annexure-I.

(b) & (c): The  objective  of  National  Child  Labour  Project  (NCLP) Scheme was to rescue and rehabilitate the child labourers.  Under the NCLP Scheme, the  working children in the age group of 9-14 years are rescued/withdrawn  from  work  and  enrolled  in  the  NCLP  Special Training  Centres,  where  they  are  provided  with  bridge  education, vocational  training,  mid-day 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.

National Child Labour Project (NCLP) scheme was approved for continuation up to 31.03.2021 and since then has been subsumed / merged with Samagara Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Scheme of Ministry of Education.  A  total  of  254  number  of    Special  Training  Centre  (STC), which  had  been  approved  by  the  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment prior  to  31.03.2021,  and  which  have not yet completed two years as per NCLP Scheme guidelines, are operational in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Assam and West Bengal only as on 31.07.2022. NCLP scheme is not operational in any district of the State of Maharashtra currently. The details of number of children enrolled in STC, districts, states where NCLP is operational during 2022 -23 and amount released during 2021-22 and 2022-23 is at Annexure II.

- (d) & (e): NCLP  Scheme  has  been  appraised  for  its  continuation beyond 31 st  March 2021 in terms of relevant instructions of Ministry of Finance and  it has been decided to subsume / merge the scheme with Samagara Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Scheme in phased manner as under:-
- (i) Project Society, currently operational, to be allowed to continue till  enrolled  children  are  mainstreamed  in  formal  education system.
- (ii) The pending/committed liability for grant in aid and stipend to be cleared.
- (iii) No permission  to  be  given  for  opening  of  new  Special  Training Centre (STC) under NCLP Scheme.
- (iv)
- No fresh enrollment of children in STC under NCLP.
- (v) The survey report, received in the Ministry of Labour & Employment, to be forwarded to Department of School Education and Literacy for enrollment of children in the concerned STC.

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## Annexure-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3497  FOR  08.08.2022      BY  SHRI  SISIR  KUMAR  ADHIKARI,  SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE, DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE, DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE, SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE,SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA REGARDING NATIONAL CHILD LABOUR PROJECT.

No. of children / beneficiaries, rescued / withdrawn from work, rehabilitated and mainstreamed under NCLP Scheme during 2017-18 to 2021-22.

| Sl. No.   | State          | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-2020   | 2020-2021   | 2021-22*   |
|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | 203       | 778       | 1049        | 622         | 885        |
| 2         | Assam          | 915       | 4562      | 6175        | 2800        | NA         |
| 3         | Bihar          | 2800      | --        | --          | --          | --         |
| 4         | Gujarat        | 187       | 101       | 341         | 531         | --         |
| 5         | Haryana        | NA        | 171       | NA          | NA          | NA         |
| 6         | Jharkhand      | 2014      | 1225      | 2940        | 3239        | NA         |
| 7         | Karnataka      | 679       | 763       | 363         | 275         | 263        |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh | 11400     | 4910      | 4010        | 29179       | 2237       |
| 9         | Maharashtra    | 5250      | 8122      | 9337        | 2031        | 2110       |
| 10        | Odisha         | NA        | NA        | 6           | 495         | 15         |
| 11        | Punjab         | 994       | 915       | 483         | 1307        | 4867       |
| 12        | Rajasthan      | 105       | NA        | 1712        | NA          | 86         |
| 13        | Tamil Nadu     | 2855      | 2534      | 3928        | 1456        | 2586       |
| 14        | Telangana      | 2137      | 935       | 214         | 300         | 222        |
| 15        | Uttar Pradesh  | NA        | 8020      | 10371       | 9383        | NA         |
| 16        | West Bengal    | 17899     | 17137     | 13879       | 6671        | NA         |
| 17        | Uttarakhand    | NA        | NA        | 62          | --          | --         |
| 18        | Nagaland       | 197       | 111       | 24          | --          | --         |
|           | Total          | 47,635    | 50,284    | 54,894      | 58,289      | 13,271     |

N A : Not Available

- -- Not Functional

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) & (c) OF LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3497  FOR  08.08.2022      BY  SHRI  SISIR  KUMAR  ADHIKARI,  SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE, DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE, DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE,SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE,SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA REGARDING NATIONAL CHILD LABOUR PROJECT.

Details of number of children enrolled in STC districts, States and funds released during 2021-22 and 2022-23 where NCLP is operational as on 31.07.2022.

| Sl. No.   | State          | District            | Number Children**   | Amount released (In Rs.)   | Amount released (In Rs.)   |
|-----------|----------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|           |                |                     |                     | 2021-22                    | 2022-23*                   |
| 1         | Madhya Pradesh | Shajapur            | 287                 | 6,08,666                   | 72,40,976                  |
| 2         |                | Jharsuguda          | 275                 | 72,46,297                  | -                          |
| 3         | Odisha         | Sundargarh          | 632                 | 1,18,87,955                | -                          |
| 4         |                | Kamrup (Metro)      | 1265                | 81,10,000                  | 76,18,286                  |
| 5         | Assam          | Nagaon              | 2768                | -                          | -                          |
| 6         |                | Dakshin Dinajpur*** | 993                 | -                          | 1,51,16,169                |
| 7         | West           | Alipurduar          | 357                 | 30,43,450                  | 55,18,473                  |
| 8         | Bengal         | Cooch Behar         | 845                 | 94,94,714                  | --                         |

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