Lok Sabha Question No. 489 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Child Labour
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Jayant Sinha, Bhartruhari Mahtab

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 489 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023

## CHILD LABOUR

489.  SHRI JAYANT SINHA: SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

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

- (a)the funds released under the National Child Labour Project (NCLP)
- during the last five years by the Government, State-wise;
- (b)the  number  of  sanctioned  and  operational  districts  under  the
- scheme in 2020-21;
- (c)the funds released to the NGOs  and  other organisations in Jharkhand in 2020-21 during districtwise;
- (d)the  names  of  the  NGOs  and  organisations  which  have  received
- Grants-in-aid under this scheme during Jharkhand, district-wise;
- (e)whether  funds  are  still  allocated  to  NGOs  under  Grants-in-aid scheme for elimination of child labour, if so, the details thereof, if not, the reasons therefor and the number of districts which are not covered by the NCLP scheme;
- (f)the details of the funds allocated as stipend through Direct Benefit Transfer to children under the NCLP scheme; and
- (g)the details of funds under the NCLP scheme allocated for awareness programmes and their outcomes?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The details  of  funds  released  under  National  Child  Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme, State-wise, during 2018-19   to  2022-23 (upto 31.01.2023) is annexed.

- (b): NCLP  scheme  was  approved  for  implementation  up  to 31.03.2021 and since then the scheme has been subsumed / merged with Samagara Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Scheme of Ministry of Education. Further, the NCLP Scheme was sanctioned in 324 districts and operational in 59 districts of the country as on 31.03.2021.
- (c) to (e): Ministry of Labour & Employment does not release funds to NGOs    directly  under  NCLP  Scheme.  The  funds  are  released  to  the District Project Societies (DPS), setup under the chairmanship of the administrative head of the district namely District Magistrate / Deputy Commissioner/District Collector. The DPS releases fund to implementing  agencies  to  operate  Special  Training  Centres  under NCLP Scheme.
- (f): Rs.3.30 Crore has been released as stipend  through Direct Benefit  Transfer  (DBT)  to  children  enrolled  under  the  NCLP  scheme during 2022-23 (upto 31.01.2023)
- (g): The  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  carries  out  public awareness about child labour through its website and various social media  handles. In addition,  the  DPS,  where  NCLP  scheme  is implemented,  also  carries  out  the  awareness  programme  for  which there is  a  provision  to  release  an  amount  of  Rs.  50,000  per  DPS  per year by the Ministry of Labour & Employment for this purpose.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  489  FOR  06.02.2023  BY    SHRI  JAYANT  SINHA  AND  SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB REGARDING CHILD LABOUR

Details of fund released as grant 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 |

* Upto 31.01.2023.

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