Lok Sabha Question No. 607 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Education to Child Labourers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane, Bhavana Gawali (Patil)

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 607 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023

## EDUCATION TO CHILD LABOURERS

†607. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

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

- (a)the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  impart  education  to  child labours;
- (b)the State/UT-wise number of special schools (child labour rehabilitation-cum-welfare centres) working in the country at present;
- (c)the  State/UT-wise  details  of  the  financial  assistance  extended  to these special schools and funds utilised particularly in Maharashtra during the last five years and the current year;
- (d)whether the Government is aware of the data of increased number of child labour after Covid pandemic;
- (e)whether  the  Government  has  examined  the  increasing  number  of children in the work force;
- (f)if so, State/UT-wise details thereof;
- (g)number  of  people,  companies  and  institutions  found  guilty  in  the matter and the action taken by the Government thereupon; and
- (h)the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  prevent  Child Labour?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  has  been  implementing National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme for rehabilitation of child labourers through District Project Societies under the chairmanship of the District Magistrate.  Under the NCLP scheme, the children in the age group of 9-14 years are rescued/withdrawn from work and enrolled in the NCLP Special Training Centres (STCs), where they are

provided  with  bridge  education,  vocational  training,  mid-day  meal, stipend,  health  care,  etc.  before  being  mainstreamed  into  formal education  system.    NCLP  scheme  has  now  been  subsumed  under Samagara Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Scheme with effect from 01.04.2021. Henceforth,  the  recused  child  labourers  will  be  mainstreamed  into formal education system through STC operational under SSA.

The  details  of  operational  Special  Training  Centres  (STC) under NCLP scheme which were sanctioned before 31.03.2021 and did not complete two year as on 31.03.2022 is at Annexure - I.

- (c): The details of release of grant under NCLP scheme, Statewise, including Maharashtra during 2018-19 to 2022-23(upto 31.01.2023) is at Annexure II.
- (d) to (g): COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all section of the society including children.

As  per  'Crime  in  India'  a  publication  of  National  Crime Records Bureau, 772, 476 and 613 number of cases were registered during calendar years 2019 to 2021 respectively under the Child and Adolescent  Labour  (Prohibition  and  Regulation)  Act,  1986  in  the country. The State-wise details are at Annexure III.

- (h): The Government has enacted the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 which was amended in 2016.  The amended Act is called the  Child  and  Adolescent  Labour  (Prohibition  and Regulation)   Act, 1986.  The Act provides for complete prohibition of work or employment of children below 14 years in any occupation and process  and  adolescents  in  the  age  group  of  14  to  18  years  in hazardous occupations and processes. The amendment also provides for stricter punishment of employers for violation of the Act and made the offence as cognizable.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  607  FOR  06.02.2023  BY  SHRI  KRUPAL  BALAJI TUMANE  AND  SHRIMATI  BHAVANA  PUNDALIKRAO  GAWALI  REGARDING EDUCATION TO CHILD LABOURERS

Details of Special Training Centres (STC) which were sanctioned before 31.03.2021 and were operational on 31.03.2022.

|   Sl. No. | State          | District         |   No. of STCs given permission |
|-----------|----------------|------------------|--------------------------------|
|         1 | Madhya Pradesh | Shajapur         |                             15 |
|         2 | Odisha         | Jharsuguda       |                             16 |
|         3 | Odisha         | Sundargarh       |                             28 |
|         4 | Assam          | Kamrup (Metro)   |                             40 |
|         5 | Assam          | Nagaon           |                             93 |
|         6 | West Bengal    | Dakshin Dinajpur |                             30 |
|         7 | West Bengal    | Alipurduar       |                             13 |
|         8 | West Bengal    | Cooch Behar      |                             19 |
|         9 | Tamil Nadu     | Vellore          |                             10 |
|        10 | Tamil Nadu     | Dharmapuri       |                             14 |
|        11 | Tamil Nadu     | Krishnagiri      |                              9 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  607  FOR  06.02.2023  BY  SHRI  KRUPAL  BALAJI  TUMANE  AND SHRIMATI  BHAVANA  PUNDALIKRAO  GAWALI  REGARDING  EDUCATION  TO CHILD LABOURERS

Grant Released under National Child Labour Project Scheme, State-wise, during 2018-19   to 2022-23:

( Rs. In Lakhs)

|   Sl. No. | Name of State   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23* |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh  |    309.46 |    202.68 |    306.29 |     32.01 |     116.37 |
|         2 | Assam           |   1109.45 |    198.28 |     49.64 |     81.1  |     140.68 |
|         3 | Gujarat         |     99.41 |    154.31 |     61.36 |     12.23 |       0    |
|         4 | Haryana         |    234.66 |    191.77 |    116.83 |     34.79 |       0    |
|         5 | Jammu &Kashmir  |     56.14 |      0    |     32.48 |      0    |       0    |
|         6 | Jharkhand       |      0    |    274.54 |    177.42 |      0    |      60.72 |
|         7 | Karnataka       |    184.23 |    127.38 |     82.74 |      7.53 |      12.27 |
|         8 | Madhya Pradesh  |    514.34 |    491.67 |    363.41 |    143.29 |     236.5  |
|         9 | Maharashtra     |    106.19 |    998.7  |    931.49 |    196.53 |     102.54 |
|        10 | Nagaland        |      0    |      4    |      0    |      0    |       0    |
|        11 | Odisha          |    138.62 |    188.57 |    115.16 |    236.66 |      43.24 |
|        12 | Punjab          |    256.88 |    282.35 |    206.41 |    317.35 |      37.53 |
|        13 | Rajasthan       |    319.46 |    281.4  |    124.19 |     16.64 |       0    |
|        14 | Tamil Nadu      |    878.53 |    811.44 |    482    |    323.45 |     178.14 |
|        15 | Telangana       |    204.56 |    132.11 |    152.86 |     71.56 |      94.65 |
|        16 | Uttar Pradesh   |   1420.72 |    759.66 |    433.83 |    137.7  |      99.91 |
|        17 | Uttarakhand     |      0    |     32.64 |      0    |      0    |       0    |
|        18 | West Bengal     |   1896.9  |   2503.72 |    463.37 |    203.1  |     424.26 |

Annexure III

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  TO  (g)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  607  FOR  06.02.2023  BY    SHRI  KRUPAL  BALAJI TUMANE  AND  SHRIMATI  BHAVANA  PUNDALIKRAO  GAWALI  REGARDING EDUCATION TO CHILD LABOURERS

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

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |      2 |     37 |     12 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 3         | Assam             |     68 |     40 |     78 |
| 4         | Bihar             |     15 |      3 |     14 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |      2 |      0 |      0 |
| 6         | Gujarat           |     64 |     39 |     40 |
| 7         | Haryana           |     11 |      1 |     12 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 9         | Jharkhand         |     18 |     27 |      5 |
| 10        | Karnataka         |     83 |     54 |     58 |
| 11        | Kerala            |      2 |      0 |      3 |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh    |      4 |      1 |      5 |
| 13        | Maharashtra       |     53 |     29 |     57 |
| 14        | Meghalaya         |      2 |      0 |      0 |
| 15        | Odisha            |      0 |      0 |      6 |
| 16        | Punjab            |      8 |     11 |      8 |
| 17        | Rajasthan         |     48 |     30 |     19 |
| 18        | Tamil Nadu        |      3 |      2 |     26 |
| 19        | Telangana         |    314 |    147 |    224 |
| 20        | Tripura           |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 21        | Uttar Pradesh     |      9 |      1 |      1 |
| 22        | Uttarakhand       |     27 |     41 |     25 |
| 23        | West Bengal       |      7 |      3 |      2 |
| 24        | Chandigarh        |      0 |      1 |      7 |
| 25        | Daman &Diu        |      2 |      0 |      0 |
| 26        | Delhi             |     30 |      6 |     11 |
|           | TOTAL             |    772 |    476 |    613 |

Source: Crime in India, National Crime Records Bureau

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