Lok Sabha Question No. 102 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-04
Subject: Migrant Child Labour
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 102 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2023

## MIGRANT CHILD LABOUR

102.  DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

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

(a)the number of migrant child labour in the country as a whole and particularly in Kerala State during the period 2019-22; and (b)the details of child labour (inter-State and intra-State) rescued in each State by the Labour Department during the years 2019-22?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): The Government has enacted the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 which was amended in 2016.  The amended Act  is  called  the  Child  and  Adolescent  Labour  (Prohibition  and Regulation)  Act, 1986.  The Act provides for complete prohibition of work or employment of children below 14 years in any occupation and process  and  adolescents  in  the  age  group  of  14  to  18  years  in hazardous  occupations  and  processes.  As  per  'Crime  in  India'  a publication  of  National  Crime  Records  Bureau,  772,  476  and  613 number of cases were registered during calendar year  2019,2020 and 2021 respectively under Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 in the country. State-wise details are annexed.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  102  FOR  04.12.2023  RAISED  BY  DR.  SHASHI THAROOR REGARDING MIGRANT CHILD LABOUR.

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

| Sl   | 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   | D&N Haveli and 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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