Lok Sabha Question No. 1859 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: Registered Cases of Child Labour
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Deepak (Dev) Adhikari, Prasun Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1859 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2022

## REGISTERED CASES OF CHILD LABOUR

## 1859.  SHRI ADHIKARI DEEPAK (DEV):

SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE:

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

- (a)the number of cases registered in the country against child labour during the last three years, Statewise;
- (b)whether there is any data with the Government regarding number of child labour unlawfully working in the country and if so, the details thereof, Statewise;
- (c)whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  Child  Labour  is  a  social problem in our country and there is no law which can stop it if so, the details thereof;
- (d)whether the Government has any policy to stop child labour in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)whether any survey has been made by the Government to find out the number of child labour in the country, if so, the details for the years 2019 to 2021, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): As  per  'Crime  in  India'  a  publication  of  National  Crime Records Bureau, 772, 476 and 613 number of cases were registered during calendar years 2019  to 2021 respectively under the Child and Adolescent  Labour  (Prohibition  and  Regulation)  Act,  1986  in  the country. State-wise details are annexed.

(c) to (e): The  Government  having  given  consideration  of  various aspects  of  the  problems  of  child  labour  enacted  the  Child  Labour (Prohibition  and  Regulation)  Act,  1986  which  was  amended  in  2016. The  amended  Act  is  now  called  the  Child  and  Adolescent  Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 which inter-alia covers complete  prohibition  of  work  or  employment  of  children  below  14 years of age in any occupation or process and prohibition of adolescents  in the age  group  of 14 to 18 years in  hazardous occupations and processes.  It also provides for stricter punishment for  employers  for  violation  of  the  Act  and  made  the  offence  as cognizable.

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) Enactment of the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986.
- (ii) Framing of the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Rules, 1988
- Framing of model State Action Plan enumerating action points
- (iii) to be taken by respective State Governments.
- (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.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1859  FOR  19.12.2022  by  SHRI  ADHIKARI  DEEPAK (DEV), SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE REGARDING 'REGISTERED CASES OF CHILD LABOUR'

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

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |      2 |     37 |     12 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 3         | Assam             |     68 |     40 |     78 |
| 4         | Bihar             |     15 |      3 |     14 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |      2 |      0 |      0 |
| 6         | Gujarat           |     64 |     39 |     40 |
| 7         | Haryana           |     11 |      1 |     12 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 9         | Jharkhand         |     18 |     27 |      5 |
| 10        | Karnataka         |     83 |     54 |     58 |
| 11        | Kerala            |      2 |      0 |      3 |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh    |      4 |      1 |      5 |
| 13        | Maharashtra       |     53 |     29 |     57 |
| 14        | Meghalaya         |      2 |      0 |      0 |
| 15        | Odisha            |      0 |      0 |      6 |
| 16        | Punjab            |      8 |     11 |      8 |
| 17        | Rajasthan         |     48 |     30 |     19 |
| 18        | Tamil Nadu        |      3 |      2 |     26 |
| 19        | Telangana         |    314 |    147 |    224 |
| 20        | Tripura           |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 21        | Uttar Pradesh     |      9 |      1 |      1 |
| 22        | Uttarakhand       |     27 |     41 |     25 |
| 23        | West Bengal       |      7 |      3 |      2 |
| 24        | Chandigarh        |      0 |      1 |      7 |
| 25        | Daman &Diu        |      2 |      0 |      0 |
| 26        | Delhi             |     30 |      6 |     11 |
|           | TOTAL             |    772 |    476 |    613 |

Source: Crime in India, National Crime Records Bureau

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