Lok Sabha Question No. 228 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-04
Subject: Central Child Labour Schools
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Malook Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 228 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

## CENTRAL CHILD LABOUR SCHOOLS

†228. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

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

- (a)the number of Central Child Labour Schools opened in the country since the inception of the National Child Labour Project, State-
- wise and year-wise;
- (b)the details of funds allocated and spent along with the achievements made under the said project, State-wise and yearwise; and
- (c)whether the Government has opened Central Child Labour Schools for Gurjar Bakarwals living on the border of India and Pakistan?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Ministry of Labour & Employment has been implementing National  Child  Labour  Project  (NCLP)  Scheme  for  rehabilitation  of child labourers through District Project Societies under the chairmanship  of  the  District  Magistrate  since  inception  of  the Scheme in 1988.  Under the NCLP scheme, the children in the age group of 9-14 years are rescued / withdrawn from work and enrolled in the NCLP Special Training Centres (STCs), where they are provided with  bridge  education,  vocational  training,  mid-day  meal,  stipend, health care, etc. before being mainstreamed into formal education system.    NCLP  scheme  has  now  been  subsumed  under  Samagara Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Scheme  with effect from 01.04.2021. Henceforth, the recused child labourers will be mainstreamed into formal  education  system  through  STC  operational  under  SSA.    At present, no Special Training Centres (STC) is functional under NCLP scheme.

No  new  STCs  under  NCLP  Project  have  been  approved after 31.03.2021. The number of districts in which Special Training Centres under NCLP Scheme were sanctioned since inception as on

31.03.2021 is at Annexure-I. (b) & (c): The  details  of  funds  released  under  the  NCLP  scheme during 2020-21 to 2022-23 is at Annexure-II. Around 14.3 lakh children were rescued/withdrawn from work, rehabilitated and mainstreamed under National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme since inception of the Scheme as on 31.03.2023. **                                                ******

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 228 FOR 04.12.2023  BY  SHRI  MALOOK  NAGAR REGARDING CENTRAL CHILD LABOUR SCHOOLS

Number of Districts in which Special Training Centres were sanctioned under NCLP Scheme since inception as on 31.03.2021

| Sl. No.   | Name of State   |   No. of Sanctioned NCLP Districts |
|-----------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh  |                                 13 |
| 2.        | Assam           |                                  5 |
| 3.        | Bihar           |                                 24 |
| 4.        | Chhattisgarh    |                                  8 |
| 5.        | Gujarat         |                                  9 |
| 6.        | Haryana         |                                  3 |
| 7.        | Jammu &Kashmir  |                                  3 |
| 8.        | Jharkhand       |                                  8 |
| 9.        | Karnataka       |                                 17 |
| 10.       | Madhya Pradesh  |                                 22 |
| 11.       | Maharashtra     |                                 18 |
| 12.       | Nagaland        |                                  1 |
| 13.       | Odisha          |                                 24 |
| 14.       | Punjab          |                                  3 |
| 15.       | Rajasthan       |                                 27 |
| 16.       | Tamil Nadu      |                                 18 |
| 17.       | Telangana       |                                 31 |
| 18.       | Uttar Pradesh   |                                 56 |
| 19.       | Uttarakhand     |                                 13 |
| 20.       | West Bengal     |                                 20 |
| 21.       | Delhi           |                                  1 |
|           | Total           |                                324 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  &  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 228 FOR 04.12.2023  BY  SHRI  MALOOK  NAGAR REGARDING CENTRAL CHILD LABOUR SCHOOLS

Grant Released under National Child Labour Project Scheme, State-wise, during 2020-21 to 2022-23:

(Rs. In Lakhs)

|   Sl. No. | Name of State   |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh  |    306.29 |     32.01 |    116.37 |
|         2 | Assam           |     49.64 |     81.1  |    140.68 |
|         3 | Chhattisgarh    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|         4 | Gujarat         |     61.36 |     12.23 |      0    |
|         5 | Haryana         |    116.83 |     34.79 |      0    |
|         6 | Jammu &Kashmir  |     32.48 |      0    |     12.7  |
|         7 | Jharkhand       |    177.42 |      0    |     60.73 |
|         8 | Karnataka       |     82.74 |      7.53 |     18.14 |
|         9 | Madhya Pradesh  |    363.41 |    143.29 |    236.5  |
|        10 | Maharashtra     |    931.49 |    196.53 |    102.54 |
|        11 | Nagaland        |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|        12 | Odisha          |    115.16 |    236.66 |     57.24 |
|        13 | Punjab          |    206.41 |    317.35 |     37.53 |
|        14 | Rajasthan       |    124.19 |     16.64 |      0.64 |
|        15 | Tamil Nadu      |    482    |    323.45 |    184.74 |
|        16 | Telangana       |    152.86 |     71.56 |     94.65 |
|        17 | Uttar Pradesh   |    433.83 |    137.7  |     99.91 |
|        18 | Uttarakhand     |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|        19 | West Bengal     |    463.37 |    203.1  |    424.26 |

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