Lok Sabha Question No. 85 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Pradyut Bordoloi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 85 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2021

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LABOUR (PROHIBITION AND REGULATION) ACT

*85. SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

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

- (a)the  number  of  FIRs  filed  under  the  Child  and  Adolescent  Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 during the year 2020, Statewise;
- (b)the  number  of  children  and  adolescent  labourers  rescued  during COVID-19, State-wise; and
- (c)the number of children and adolescent labourers rehabilitated since 2017, State and Year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 85 FOR 08.02.2021 RAISED BY SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI REGARDING CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LABOUR (PROHIBITION AND REGULATION) ACT, 1986.

(a) & (b): Labour  being  in  the  concurrent  list,  enforcement  of  the provisions of Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 is the responsibility of both central and state governments in  their  respective  sphere.  Section  17A  of  the  Child  &  Adolescent Labour  (Prohibition  &  Regulation)  Act,  1986  provides  for  conferring power and imposing duties on District Magistrate for effective implementation  of  the  provision  of  the  Act.  Further,  Section  17B provides for periodic inspection and monitoring of the implementation of the Act.  Hence, the details regarding FIRs filed under the Child and Adolescent  Labour  (Prohibition  and  Regulation)  Act,  1986  is  not maintained  centrally.  However,  on  the  basis  of  information  received from various State Governments/UTs, the details regarding the number of  FIRs  filed  under  the  Child  and  Adolescent  Labour  (Prohibition  and Regulation)Act, 1986 during the year 2020, State-wise is at Annexure-I, the  number  of  children  and  adolescent  labourers  rescued  during COVID-19, State-wise is at Annexure-II.

(c): The  number  of  children  rehabilitated  during  2017-18  and 2018-19  on  the  basis  of  information  received  from  the  State/UT Governments; and during 2019-20 on the basis of information available on the PENCiL Portal, State-wise is at Annexure-III.

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Annexure-I STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 85 FOR 08.02.2021 RAISED BY SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI REGARDING CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LABOUR (PROHIBITION AND REGULATION) ACT, 1986.

The  number  of  FIRs  filed  under  the  Child  and  Adolescent  Labour (Prohibition  and  Regulation)  Act,  1986    in  the  year  2020  as  per  the information received from the State Governments/UTs  is as under:-

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/UTs   |   Number |
|-----------|---------------------|----------|
|         1 | Chandigarh          |        5 |
|         2 | Uttar Pradesh       |        1 |
|         3 | Karnataka           |        2 |
|         4 | Rajasthan           |       19 |
|         5 | Gujarat             |       56 |
|         6 | Madhya Pradesh      |       13 |
|         7 | Punjab              |       18 |

Annexure-II

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 85 FOR 08.02.2021 RAISED BY SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI REGARDING CHILD AND ADOLESCENT  LABOUR  (PROHIBITION  AND  REGULATION)  ACT, 1986.

The  number  of  children  and  adolescent  labourers  rescued  during COVID-19 as per the information received from the State Governments/UTs is as under:-

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/UTs   |   Number |
|-----------|---------------------|----------|
|         1 | Chandigarh          |       26 |
|         2 | Uttar Pradesh       |     2114 |
|         3 | Karnataka           |       02 |
|         4 | Rajasthan           |       25 |
|         5 | Gujarat             |       54 |
|         6 | Madhya Pradesh      |       94 |
|         7 | Punjab              |      122 |

Annexure-III STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  85  FOR  08.02.2021 RAISED  BY  SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI REGARDING CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LABOUR (PROHIBITION AND REGULATION) ACT, 1986. Number of children who were rescued/withdrawn from work, rehabilitated  and  mainstreamed  under  National  Child  Labour  Project (NCLP) Scheme since 2017 State-wise:

| Sl. No.   | State          | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | 203       | 778       | 1049      |
| 2         | Assam          | 915       | 4562      | 6175      |
| 3         | Gujarat        | 187       | 101       | 341       |
| 4         | Jharkhand      | 2014      | 1225      | 2940      |
| 5         | Karnataka      | 679       | 763       | 363       |
| 6         | Madhya Pradesh | 11400     | 4910      | 4010      |
| 7         | Maharashtra    | 5250      | 8122      | 9337      |
| 8         | Nagaland       | 197       | 111       | 24        |
| 9         | Rajasthan      | 105       | 0         | 1712      |
| 10        | Tamil Nadu     | 2855      | 2534      | 3928      |
| 11        | Telangana      | 2137      | 935       | 214       |
| 12        | West Bengal    | 17899     | 17137     | 13879     |
| 13        | Haryana        | 0         | 171       | ---       |
| 14        | Odisha         | ----      | ---       | 6         |
| 15        | Punjab         | 994       | 915       | 483       |
| 16        | Uttar Pradesh  | 0         | 8020      | 10371     |
| 17        | Uttarakhand    | ---       | --        | 62        |
| 18        | Bihar          | 2800      | 0         | ---       |
|           | Total          | 47635     | 50284     | 54894     |

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