Lok Sabha Question No. 239 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Set up of Schools for Child Labour
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Malook Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 239

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2024

## SET UP OF SCHOOLS FOR CHILD LABOUR

†239. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

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

- (a)the  State-wise  and  year-wise  number  of  Central  Child  Labour Schools set up in the country so far since the inception of the National Child Labour Project; and
- (b)the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  spent  under  the  said  project along with achievements made thereunder, State/year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  had  implemented  the 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  Under the NCLP scheme, the children in the age group of 9-14 years are rescued / withdrawn from work and enrolled in the NCLP Special Training Centres (STCs), where they are provided with  bridge  education,  vocational  training,  mid-day  meal, 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): The details of funds released under the NCLP scheme during 2020-21 to 2022-23 is at Annexure-II. As on 31.03.2023, around 14.3 lakh children were rescued/withdrawn from work, rehabilitated and mainstreamed under National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme since inception of the Scheme.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  239  FOR  05.02.2024  BY  SHRI  MALOOK  NAGAR REGARDING SET UP OF SCHOOLS FOR CHILD LABOUR

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)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  239  FOR  05.02.2024  BY  SHRI  MALOOK  NAGAR REGARDING SET UP OF SCHOOLS FOR CHILD LABOUR

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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