Lok Sabha Question No. 69 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-29
Subject: Funds under NCLP
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Shrikant Eknath Shinde

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 69

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2021

## FUNDS UNDER NCLP

69. DR. HEENA GAVIT:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

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

- (a)the  funds  sanctioned,  allocated  and  utilized  under  the  National in
- Child Labour Project (NCLP), State/ UT wise particularly Maharashtra during the last three years and the current year;
- (b)the details of beneficiaries of PENCIL  (Platform  for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour) which had been created under the NCLP scheme;
- (c)the data of web visits on PENCIL (Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour) which had been created under the NCLP scheme;
- (d)the  data  of  adolescent  children  rescued  from  hazardous  work situations; and
- (e)whether  the  Government  is  able  to  raise  awareness  amongst  the target  communities  and  the  other  stakeholders  regarding  child labour about the functionality of NCLP?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The  Grant-in-Aid  released  during  2017-18  to  2020-21  under  the National  Child  Labour  Project  (NCLP)  Scheme,  State-wise  including Maharashtra is at Annexure-I.

- (b): The  details  of  beneficiaries  of  PENCIL  (Platform  for  Effective Enforcement  for  No  Child  Labour)  under  the  NCLP  scheme  is  at Annexure-II.
- (c): The  total  number  of  web  visits  as  on  24.11.2021  on  PENCiL (Platform  for  Effective  Enforcement  for  No  Child  Labour)  by  PENCiL registered users is 85,23,763 .
- (d): As per data available on PENCiL portal as on 24.11.2021, 1151 number of adolescents in the age bracket of 14 to 18 years have been withdrawn from work.
- (e): The  Ministry  carries  out  public  awareness  about  child  labour through  its  website  and  various  social  media  handles.  In  addition, District Project Society also carries out the awareness programme for which funds are provided by Ministry of Labour & Employment.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 69 FOR 29.11.2021   BY  DR. HEENA GAVIT, SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO  MANE,SHRI  UNMESH  BHAIYYASAHEB  PATIL,DR.  SHRIKANT EKNATH  SHINDE,DR.  SUJAY  RADHAKRISHNA  VIKHE  PATIL,  REGARDING 'FUNDS UNDER NCLP'

## Grant Released under NCLP Scheme State-wise during the last four years 2017-18   to 2020-21:

(Rs. in lakh)

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

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 69 FOR 29.11.2021   BY  DR. HEENA GAVIT, SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO  MANE,SHRI  UNMESH  BHAIYYASAHEB  PATIL,DR.  SHRIKANT EKNATH  SHINDE,DR.  SUJAY  RADHAKRISHNA  VIKHE  PATIL,  REGARDING 'FUNDS UNDER NCLP'.

## Beneficiaries on PENCIL (Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour)

|   Sl. No | State/UTs      |   Number of Beneficiaries |
|----------|----------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh |                      6585 |
|        2 | Assam          |                     11168 |
|        3 | Bihar          |                      1458 |
|        4 | Gujarat        |                       951 |
|        5 | Haryana        |                      3216 |
|        6 | Jharkhand      |                      6875 |
|        7 | Karnataka      |                      1478 |
|        8 | Madhya Pradesh |                     13083 |
|        9 | Maharashtra    |                     22741 |
|       10 | Nagaland       |                      2203 |
|       11 | Odisha         |                      2588 |
|       12 | Punjab         |                      6611 |
|       13 | Rajasthan      |                      3546 |
|       14 | Tamil Nadu     |                     13988 |
|       15 | Telangana      |                      4119 |
|       16 | Uttarakhand    |                       137 |
|       17 | Uttar Pradesh  |                     24073 |
|       18 | West Bengal    |                     38792 |

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