Lok Sabha Question No. 64 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: Rescue of Children Engaged in Labour
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 64

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## RESCUE OF CHILDREN ENGAGED IN LABOUR

†64.  SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

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

- (a)the  details  of  children  engaged  in  Labour  rescued  in  the  last  five years  in  various  States/Union  Territories  of  the  country  including Rajasthan;
- (b)the  year-wise  details  of  the  amount  of  funds  allocated  and  spent under the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme during the last five years;
- (c)the  number  of  beneficiaries  of  NCLP  during  the  last  five  years; State/UT-wise, and
- (d)the total number and details of Special Training Centres being run under NCLP Scheme in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): As per the information received from District Project Societies, the number of child labourers/beneficiaries rescued/ withdrawn from work, rehabilitated and mainstreamed under National Child Labour Project Scheme (NCLP) in the last five years, State-wise, including Rajasthan  is annexed.

The details of funds allocated and released under the NCLP scheme from 2017-18 to 2021-22 are as under:

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(Rs. in Crore)

|   S. No. | Year     |   Budgetary allocation (Final grant) |   Fund utilized |
|----------|----------|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | 2017-18  |                                95.17 |           94.03 |
|        2 | 2018-19  |                                89.99 |           89.99 |
|        3 | 2019-20  |                                78    |           77.47 |
|        4 | 2020 -21 |                                49    |           41.19 |
|        5 | 2021-22  |                                20    |           18.45 |

(d): NCLP scheme was approved for continuation up to 31.03.2021 and since then has been subsumed/ merged with Samagara Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  Scheme.  A  total  of    254  number  of    Special Training Centre (STC), approved by the Ministry of Labour & Employment  prior  to  31.03.2021,  and  which  have  not  yet  completed two  years  as  per  NCLP  Scheme  guidelines,  are  operational  in  the States  of  Madhya  Pradesh,  Odisha,  Assam  and  West  Bengal  as  on 12.07.2022.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 64 FOR 18.07.2022   BY SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI  REGARDING 'RESCUE OF CHILDREN ENGAGED IN LABOUR'

No. of children / beneficiaries, rescued / withdrawn from work, rehabilitated and mainstreamed under NCLP Scheme during 2017-18 to 2021-22.

| Sl. No.   | State          | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-2020   | 2020-2021   | 2021-22*   |
|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | 203       | 778       | 1049        | 622         | 885        |
| 2         | Assam          | 915       | 4562      | 6175        | 2800        | NA         |
| 3         | Bihar          | 2800      | --        | --          | --          | --         |
| 4         | Gujarat        | 187       | 101       | 341         | 531         | --         |
| 5         | Haryana        | NA        | 171       | NA          | NA          | NA         |
| 6         | Jharkhand      | 2014      | 1225      | 2940        | 3239        | NA         |
| 7         | Karnataka      | 679       | 763       | 363         | 275         | 263        |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh | 11400     | 4910      | 4010        | 29179       | 2237       |
| 9         | Maharashtra    | 5250      | 8122      | 9337        | 2031        | 2110       |
| 10        | Odisha         | NA        | NA        | 6           | 495         | 15         |
| 11        | Punjab         | 994       | 915       | 483         | 1307        | 4867       |
| 12        | Rajasthan      | 105       | NA        | 1712        | NA          | 86         |
| 13        | Tamil Nadu     | 2855      | 2534      | 3928        | 1456        | 2586       |
| 14        | Telangana      | 2137      | 935       | 214         | 300         | 222        |
| 15        | Uttar Pradesh  | NA        | 8020      | 10371       | 9383        | NA         |
| 16        | West Bengal    | 17899     | 17137     | 13879       | 6671        | NA         |
| 17        | Uttarakhand    | NA        | NA        | 62          | --          | --         |
| 18        | Nagaland       | 197       | 111       | 24          | --          | --         |
|           | Total          | 47,635    | 50,284    | 54,894      | 58,289      | 13,271     |

N A : Not Available

- -- Not Functional

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