Lok Sabha Question No. 2787 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Special Schools for Child Labour
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Arvind Dharmapuri, Talari Rangaiah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2787 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## SPECIAL SCHOOLS FOR CHILD LABOUR

## 2787. SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI: DR. TALARI RANGAIAH:

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

- (a)the  number  of  special  schools  (Child  Labour  Rehabilitation-cumWelfare  Centres)  operational  in  the  country  at  present,  State/UTwise;
- (b)the  details  of  financial  assistance  provided  and  utilised  by  these special  schools  during  the  last  five  years  and  the  current  year, State/UT-wise; and
- (c)the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to bring child labourers into the main stream of education;
- (d)whether the Government is aware of the increases of child labour
- after pandemic; and
- (e)if  so,  the  details  of  increasing  children  in  labour  force,  State/UTwise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): 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  Under the NCLP scheme, the children in the age  group  of  9-14  years  are  rescued  /  withdrawn  from  work  and enrolled in the NCLP Special Training Centres (STCs), where they are provided  with  bridge  education,  vocational  training,  mid-day  meal,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.

As  per  the  information  received  from  the  District  Project Societies,  as  on  31.03.2021,  1225  Special  Training  Centres  in  59 districts  were  operational  for  rehabilitation  of  33573  child  labourers enrolled  there.  State/UT  number  of  districts  and  number  of  Special

Training Centre (STC) operational as on 31.03.2021 is at Annexure-I.

The  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment,  in  March  2020, issued advisory to all District Magistrates/Chairman of NCLP to review and  assess  the  situation  in  the  district  in  respect  of  COVID-19  and accordingly decide operation/suspension of STCs and project societies in the district so as to prevent spread of COVID-19.

- (b): Under NCLP scheme, the Ministry of Labour & Employment provides grant in aid to District Project Society which in turn releases to  the  concerned  implementing  agencies  for  operation  of  Special Training  Centres.  The  details  of  grant  -in  aid  released  under  NCLP Scheme State-wise during the last five years 2016-17   to 2020-21 is at Annexure -II.
- (c): 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)  Amendment  Act,  2016  which  came  into  force w.e.f. 1.9.2016. The amendment also provides stricter punishment  for  employers  for  violation  of  the  Act  and  made the offence as cognizable.
- (ii) Framing of Child Labour (Prohibition and Amendment Central Rules
- Regulation)
- Framing of model State Action Plan enumerating action points to be taken by respective State Governments and circulation
- (iii) of the same to all Chief Secretaries.
- (iv) Implementation of National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme for rehabilitation of child labour, which has now been subsumed under Samagara Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Scheme.

(d) & (e): COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all section of the society including  children.        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 AnnexureIII.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2787  FOR  21.03.2022      BY  SHRI  ARVIND  DHARMAPURI;  DR. TALARI RANGAIAH REGARDING 'SPECIAL SCHOOLS FOR CHILD LABOUR'

Status  of  NCLP Scheme: Operational  Districts and Special Training Centres as on Date 31.03.2021

| Sl. No.   | Name of State   |   No. of Operational Districts |   No. of Special Training Centres (STCs) operational |
|-----------|-----------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh  |                              6 |                                                  120 |
| 2.        | Assam           |                              2 |                                                  133 |
| 3.        | Jammu &Kashmir  |                              1 |                                                   10 |
| 4.        | Jharkhand       |                              2 |                                                   42 |
| 5.        | Karnataka       |                              1 |                                                    3 |
| 6.        | Madhya Pradesh  |                              6 |                                                  138 |
| 7.        | Maharashtra     |                              6 |                                                   79 |
| 8.        | Odisha          |                              3 |                                                   45 |
| 9.        | Rajasthan       |                              3 |                                                   51 |
| 10.       | Tamil Nadu      |                             15 |                                                  233 |
| 11.       | Telangana       |                              4 |                                                   71 |
| 12.       | Uttar Pradesh   |                              3 |                                                  118 |
| 13.       | West Bengal     |                              7 |                                                  182 |
|           | Total           |                             59 |                                                 1225 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2787  FOR  21.03.2022      BY  SHRI  ARVIND  DHARMAPURI;  DR. TALARI RANGAIAH REGARDING 'SPECIAL SCHOOLS FOR CHILD LABOUR'

## Grant Released under NCLP Scheme State-wise during 2016-17   to 2020-21

(Rs. in lakhs)

|   Sl. No. | Name of State   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh  |    213.01 |    298.12 |    309.46 |    202.68 |    306.29 |
|         2 | Assam           |    257.3  |    460.3  |   1109.45 |    198.28 |     49.64 |
|         3 | Bihar           |    168.92 |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh    |      0    |      4    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|         5 | Gujarat         |     33.78 |    112.26 |     99.41 |    154.31 |     61.36 |
|         6 | Haryana         |    412.18 |    123.13 |    234.66 |    191.77 |    116.83 |
|         7 | Jammu &Kashmir  |     61.04 |      0    |     56.14 |      0    |     32.48 |
|         8 | Jharkhand       |    543.72 |    280.14 |      0    |    274.54 |    177.42 |
|         9 | Karnataka       |    132.26 |    100.53 |    184.23 |    127.38 |     82.74 |
|        10 | Madhya Pradesh  |    878.68 |    687.37 |    514.34 |    491.67 |    363.41 |
|        11 | Maharashtra     |   1192.54 |   1338.84 |    106.19 |    998.7  |    931.49 |
|        12 | Nagaland        |    192.69 |     74.07 |      0    |      4    |      0    |
|        13 | Odisha          |      8    |    106.4  |    138.62 |    188.57 |    115.16 |
|        14 | Punjab          |    325.14 |    322.33 |    256.88 |    282.35 |    206.41 |
|        15 | Rajasthan       |    138.89 |    179.06 |    319.46 |    281.4  |    124.19 |
|        16 | Tamil Nadu      |   1015.07 |    749.67 |    878.53 |    811.44 |    482    |
|        17 | Telangana       |    475.76 |    323.29 |    204.56 |    132.11 |    152.86 |
|        18 | Uttar Pradesh   |   1333.25 |   1176.15 |   1420.72 |    759.66 |    433.83 |
|        19 | Uttarakhand     |     12.34 |     36.62 |      0    |     32.64 |      0    |
|        20 | West Bengal     |   1916.85 |   2227.2  |   1896.9  |   2503.72 |    463.37 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  &  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2787 FOR 21.03.2022 BY SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI; DR. TALARI RANGAIAH REGARDING 'SPECIAL SCHOOLS FOR CHILD LABOUR'.

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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