Lok Sabha Question No. 2246 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-08
Subject: Cases of Child Labour
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2246 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2021

## CASES OF CHILD LABOUR

2246. DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI:

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

(a)whether  it  is  true  that  the  cases  of  child  labour  are  rampant  in certain States and if so, the details of the data of such States; and (b)the  details  of  State/district-wise  data  on  child  labour  since  March 2020?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) & (b):  Child  Labour  is  an  outcome  of  various  socio-economic problems  such  as  poverty,  economic  backwardness,  illiteracy  etc. The Child & Adolescent Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 inter-alia provides for complete prohibition on employment or work  of children  below  14  years  of  age  in  any  occupation  or    process  and also prohibits employment of  adolescents (14-18 years)  in hazardous occupation and processes.  As per 2011 Census, the number of main workers in the age group of 5-14 years in the country was 43.53 lakh. The state-wise data is annexed.

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Annexure

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2246  for  08.03.2021  BY  Dr.(PROF.)  KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI REGARDING CASES OF CHILD LABOUR.

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        |   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.