Lok Sabha Question No. 4134 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Violation of Child Labour Laws
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Guman Singh Damor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4134 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## VIOLATION OF CHILD LABOUR LAWS

†4134. SHRI GUMAN SINGH DAMOR:

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

- (a)the  laws  to  stop  child  labour  and  the  measures  being  taken  to ensure the compliance with the laws along with the details thereof; (b)the number and details of cases registered and the action taken for violating the child labour laws during the last three years and the
- current year, State/ UT-wise; and
- (c)the details of the schemes for the upliftment of child labourers?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The Government is pursuing multipronged strategy to eliminate child  labour  and  has  taken  comprehensive  measures  which  include legislative  measures,  rehabilitation  strategy,  providing  right  of  free education and general socio-economic development so as to eliminate the  incidence  of  the  child  labour.  The  details  of  statutory  and legislative  measures,  rehabilitation  strategy  and  education  are  as under:
- (i) 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  amendment provides stricter punishment for employers for violation of the Act and made the offence as cognizable.

- (ii) Framing of Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Central Rules
- (iii) Framing of model State Action Plan enumerating action points to be taken by respective State Governments and circulation of the same to all Chief Secretaries.

(b):  As  per  'Crime  in  India,  2020'  a  publication  of  National  Crime Records Bureau, 464, 772 and 476 number of cases were registered during  calendar  year  2018,  2019  and  2020  respectively  under  Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 in the country. State-wise details are annexed.

(c): 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.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  4134  FOR  28.03.2022      BY  SHRI  GUMAN  SINGH  DAMOR REGARDING 'VIOLATION OF CHILD LABOUR LAWS'.

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

| Sl.No.   | State/UT          |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |
|----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |      0 |      2 |     37 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |      1 |      0 |      1 |
| 3        | Assam             |     39 |     68 |     40 |
| 4        | Bihar             |     14 |     15 |      3 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |      0 |      2 |      0 |
| 6        | Gujarat           |     35 |     64 |     39 |
| 7        | Haryana           |      6 |     11 |      1 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 9        | Jharkhand         |     17 |     18 |     27 |
| 10       | Karnataka         |     63 |     83 |     54 |
| 11       | Kerala            |      3 |      2 |      0 |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh    |      3 |      4 |      1 |
| 13       | Maharashtra       |     90 |     53 |     29 |
| 14       | Meghalaya         |      0 |      2 |      0 |
| 15       | Punjab            |      8 |      8 |     11 |
| 16       | Rajasthan         |     32 |     48 |     30 |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu        |      6 |      3 |      2 |
| 18       | Telangana         |    125 |    314 |    147 |
| 19       | Tripura           |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh     |      2 |      9 |      1 |
| 21       | Uttarakhand       |      0 |     27 |     41 |
| 22       | West Bengal       |      5 |      7 |      3 |
| 23       | Chandigarh        |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 24       | Daman &Diu        |      0 |      2 |      0 |
| 25       | Delhi             |     15 |     30 |      6 |
|          | TOTAL             |    464 |    772 |    476 |

Source: National Crime Records Bureau

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