Lok Sabha Question No. 2277 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Children and Aadolescent Labourers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2277

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

## CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT LABOURERS

2277. DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K.:

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 and the current year, 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 FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a): As per the information received from National Crime Records  Bureau,  the  latest  published  data  pertains  to  2019,  and according to which 770 number of cases were registered under Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 during 2019. State-wise details of the cases registered are at Annexure-I.
- (b) to (c): The  number  of  children  rescued  /  withdrawn  from  work, rehabilitated  and  mainstreamed  under  National  Child  Labour  Project (NCLP) Scheme, state -wise and year-wise from 2017-18 to 2020-21 is at Annexure-II  .
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## Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2277 FOR 02.08.2021 BY DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K. REGARDING 'CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT LABOURERS'.

| State / Union Territories wise cases registered under Child and Adolescent Labour   | State / Union Territories wise cases registered under Child and Adolescent Labour   |   State / Union Territories wise cases registered under Child and Adolescent Labour |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No                                                                              | State / Union Territories                                                           |                                                                                2019 |
| 1                                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                                                      |                                                                                   2 |
| 2                                                                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                   |                                                                                   0 |
| 3                                                                                   | Assam                                                                               |                                                                                  68 |
| 4                                                                                   | Bihar                                                                               |                                                                                  15 |
| 5                                                                                   | Chhattisgarh                                                                        |                                                                                   2 |
| 6                                                                                   | Goa                                                                                 |                                                                                   0 |
| 7                                                                                   | Gujarat                                                                             |                                                                                  64 |
| 8                                                                                   | Haryana                                                                             |                                                                                  11 |
| 9                                                                                   | Himachal Pradesh                                                                    |                                                                                   0 |
| 10                                                                                  | Jammu & Kashmir*                                                                    |                                                                                   0 |
| 11                                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                                           |                                                                                  18 |
| 12                                                                                  | Karnataka                                                                           |                                                                                  83 |
| 13                                                                                  | Kerala                                                                              |                                                                                   2 |
| 14                                                                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                                                      |                                                                                   4 |
| 15                                                                                  | Maharashtra                                                                         |                                                                                  53 |
| 16                                                                                  | Manipur                                                                             |                                                                                   0 |
| 17                                                                                  | Meghalaya                                                                           |                                                                                   2 |
| 18                                                                                  | Mizoram                                                                             |                                                                                   0 |
| 19                                                                                  | Nagaland                                                                            |                                                                                   0 |
| 20                                                                                  | Odisha                                                                              |                                                                                   0 |
| 21                                                                                  | Punjab                                                                              |                                                                                   8 |
| 22                                                                                  | Rajasthan                                                                           |                                                                                  48 |
| 23                                                                                  | Sikkim                                                                              |                                                                                   0 |
| 24                                                                                  | Tamil Nadu                                                                          |                                                                                   3 |
| 25                                                                                  | Telangana                                                                           |                                                                                 314 |
| 26                                                                                  | Tripura                                                                             |                                                                                   0 |
| 27                                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                                                       |                                                                                   9 |
| 28                                                                                  | Uttarakhand                                                                         |                                                                                  27 |
| 29                                                                                  | West Bengal                                                                         |                                                                                   5 |
|                                                                                     | TOTAL STATE (S)                                                                     |                                                                                 738 |
| 30                                                                                  | A&N Islands                                                                         |                                                                                   0 |
| 31                                                                                  | Chandigarh                                                                          |                                                                                   0 |
| 32                                                                                  | D&N Haveli                                                                          |                                                                                   0 |
| 33                                                                                  | Daman & Diu                                                                         |                                                                                   2 |
| 34                                                                                  | Delhi                                                                               |                                                                                  30 |
| 35                                                                                  | Lakshadweep                                                                         |                                                                                   0 |
| 36                                                                                  | Puducherry                                                                          |                                                                                   0 |
|                                                                                     | TOTAL UT(S)                                                                         |                                                                                  32 |
|                                                                                     | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)                                                                   |                                                                                 770 |

* Including Ladakh

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) & (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2277  FOR  02.08.2021  BY  DR.  VISHNU  PRASAD  M.K. REGARDING 'CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT LABOURERS'.

Number  of  children  rescued  /  withdrawn  from  work,  rehabilitated  and  mainstreamed  under National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme since 2017-18, state-wise, is as under :

| Sl. No.   | State          | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-2020   | 2020-2021   |
|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | 203       | 778       | 1049        | 622         |
| 2         | Assam          | 915       | 4562      | 6175        | 2800        |
| 3         | Bihar          | 2800      | 0         | 0           | 0           |
| 4         | Gujarat        | 187       | 101       | 341         | 531         |
| 5         | Haryana        | 0         | 171       | 0           | 0           |
| 6         | Jharkhand      | 2014      | 1225      | 2940        | 3239        |
| 7         | Karnataka      | 679       | 763       | 363         | 275         |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh | 11400     | 4910      | 4010        | 29179       |
| 9         | Maharashtra    | 5250      | 8122      | 9337        | 2031        |
| 10        | Odisha         | 0         | 0         | 6           | 495         |
| 11        | Punjab         | 994       | 915       | 483         | 1307        |
| 12        | Rajasthan      | 105       | 0         | 1712        | 0           |
| 13        | Tamil Nadu     | 2855      | 2534      | 3928        | 1456        |
| 14        | Telangana      | 2137      | 935       | 214         | 300         |
| 15        | Uttar Pradesh  | 0         | 8020      | 10371       | 9383        |
| 16        | West Bengal    | 17899     | 17137     | 13879       | 6671        |
| 17        | Uttarakhand    | 0         | 0         | 62          | 0           |
| 18        | Nagaland       | 197       | 111       | 24          | 0           |
|           | Total          | 47,635    | 50,284    | 54,894      | 58,289      |

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