Lok Sabha Question No. 930 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-29
Subject: NCLP Scheme
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Bastipati Nagaraju, Shri Pradyut Bordoloi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 930 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2024

## NCLP SCHEME

## 930.  SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU: SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

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

- (a)the details of child labour cases identified, rescued and rehabilitated  under  the  National  Child  Labour  Project  (NCLP) Scheme  in  a  State-wise  manner  during  the  last  five  years, especially in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Assam;
- (b)the details of the total number of children who were found to be
- working in hazardous conditions during the last five years, Statewise, especially from the States of Andhra Pradesh and Assam;
- (c)the details of funds allocated and utilised during the last five years under the Child Labour Project, State-wise, especially for Andhra
- Pradesh and Assam;
- (d)whether the Government has carried out any promotional/awareness campaign to make Indian citizens aware of the Child Labour Project, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)the number of children engaged in child labour in the age group of 9-14 years admitted to schools or special training centres in Assam
- in the last 10 years, gender-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a) to (e): The Ministry of Labour & Employment had been implementing  National  Child  Labour  Project  (NCLP)  Scheme  for rescue & rehabilitation of child labourers under which the children in the age group of 9-14 years were rescued from work, enrolled in the NCLP Special Training Centres (STCs) and were provided with bridge education  etc.  before  being  mainstreamed  into  formal  education system.    The  NCLP  scheme  has  been  subsumed  with  Samagara Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), a scheme of Ministry of Education with effect

from  01.04.2021.  The  details  of  the  number  of  children  rescued  / withdrawn from work, rehabilitated and mainstreamed under NCLP scheme state - wise, including in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Assam during 2018-19 to 2022-23 is at Annexure I. The number of cases registered under Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, State / Union Territories wise, including in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Assam for 2018 to 2022 is at Annexure II. The details of grants released under the NCLP scheme from 201819 to 2022-23 state-wise, including Andhra Pradesh and Assam, is at Annexure III.

The  Ministry  carries  out  public  awareness  about  child labour through its website and various social media handles.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 930 FOR 29.07.2024 RAISED BY SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU AND SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI REGARDING NCLP SCHEME

No. of children rescued / withdrawn from work, rehabilitated and mainstreamed under NCLP Scheme during 2018-19 to 2022-23.

| Sl. No.   | State          | 2018-19   | 2019-2020   | 2020-2021   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   |
|-----------|----------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | 778       | 1049        | 622         | 2090      | 441       |
| 2         | Assam          | 4562      | 6175        | 2800        | 0         | 1291      |
| 3         | Gujarat        | 101       | 341         | 531         | 50        | 0         |
| 4         | Haryana        | 171       | NA          | NA          | NA        | NA        |
| 5         | Jharkhand      | 1225      | 2940        | 3239        | 755       | 410       |
| 6         | Karnataka      | 763       | 363         | 275         | 230       | 0         |
| 7         | Madhya Pradesh | 4910      | 4010        | 29179       | 1268      | 172       |
| 8         | Maharashtra    | 8122      | 9337        | 2031        | 2537      | 337       |
| 9         | Odisha         | NA        | 6           | 495         | 76        | 1415      |
| 10        | Punjab         | 915       | 483         | 1307        | 986       | 2504      |
| 11        | Rajasthan      | NA        | 1712        | NA          | 301       | 18        |
| 12        | Tamil Nadu     | 2534      | 3928        | 1456        | 2183      | 2628      |
| 13        | Telangana      | 935       | 214         | 300         | 618       | 935       |
| 14        | Uttar Pradesh  | 8020      | 10371       | 9383        | 1833      | 339       |
| 15        | West Bengal    | 17137     | 13879       | 6671        | 5207      | 3270      |
| 16        | Uttarakhand    | NA        | 62          | NA          | 3         | 1         |
| 17        | Nagaland       | 111       | 24          | NA          | NA        | NA        |
|           | Total          | 50,284    | 54,894      | 58,289      | 18137     | 13761     |

Source: Ministry of Labour & Employment

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 930 FOR 29.07.2024 RAISED BY SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU AND SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI REGARDING NCLP SCHEME

Number of cases registered under Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, State / Union Territories -wise during 2018 to 2022:

| SL   | State/UT                   |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |
|------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh             |      0 |      2 |     37 |     12 |     15 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh          |      1 |      0 |      1 |      0 |      3 |
| 3    | Assam                      |     39 |     68 |     40 |     78 |     86 |
| 4    | Bihar                      |     14 |     15 |      3 |     14 |     98 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh               |      0 |      2 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 6    | Gujarat                    |     35 |     64 |     39 |     40 |     42 |
| 7    | Haryana                    |      6 |     11 |      1 |     12 |      4 |
| 8    | Himachal Pradesh           |      0 |      0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 9    | Jharkhand                  |     17 |     18 |     27 |      5 |      6 |
| 10   | Karnataka                  |     63 |     83 |     54 |     58 |     62 |
| 11   | Kerala                     |      3 |      2 |      0 |      3 |      0 |
| 12   | Madhya Pradesh             |      3 |      4 |      1 |      5 |      0 |
| 13   | Maharashtra                |     90 |     53 |     29 |     57 |     87 |
| 14   | Meghalaya                  |      0 |      2 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 15   | Mizoram                    |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 16   | Odisha                     |      0 |      0 |      0 |      6 |      0 |
| 17   | Punjab                     |      8 |      8 |     11 |      8 |     13 |
| 18   | Rajasthan                  |     32 |     48 |     30 |     19 |     28 |
| 19   | Tamil Nadu                 |      6 |      3 |      2 |     26 |     29 |
| 20   | Telangana                  |    125 |    314 |    147 |    224 |    175 |
| 21   | Tripura                    |      0 |      0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 22   | Uttar Pradesh              |      2 |      9 |      1 |      1 |     10 |
| 23   | Uttarakhand                |      0 |     27 |     41 |     25 |     54 |
| 24   | West Bengal                |      5 |      7 |      3 |      2 |      0 |
| 25   | Chandigarh                 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      7 |      2 |
| 26   | D&N Haveli and Daman& Diu+ |      0 |      2 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 27   | Delhi                      |     15 |     30 |      6 |     11 |     36 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)          |    464 |    772 |    476 |    613 |    751 |

Source: Crime in India, National Crime Records Bureau

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 930 FOR 29.07.2024 RAISED BY SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU AND SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI REGARDING NCLP SCHEME

Grant Released under National Child Labour Project Scheme, State-wise, during 2018-19 to 2022-23:

( Rs. In Lakhs)

|   Sl. No. | Name of State   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh  |    309.46 |    202.68 |    306.29 |     32.01 |    116.37 |
|         2 | Assam           |   1109.45 |    198.28 |     49.64 |     81.1  |    140.68 |
|         3 | Gujarat         |     99.41 |    154.31 |     61.36 |     12.23 |      0    |
|         4 | Haryana         |    234.66 |    191.77 |    116.83 |     34.79 |      0    |
|         5 | Jammu &Kashmir  |     56.14 |      0    |     32.48 |      0    |     12.7  |
|         6 | Jharkhand       |      0    |    274.54 |    177.42 |      0    |     60.73 |
|         7 | Karnataka       |    184.23 |    127.38 |     82.74 |      7.53 |     18.14 |
|         8 | Madhya Pradesh  |    514.34 |    491.67 |    363.41 |    143.29 |    236.5  |
|         9 | Maharashtra     |    106.19 |    998.7  |    931.49 |    196.53 |    102.54 |
|        10 | Nagaland        |      0    |      4    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|        11 | Odisha          |    138.62 |    188.57 |    115.16 |    236.66 |     57.24 |
|        12 | Punjab          |    256.88 |    282.35 |    206.41 |    317.35 |     37.53 |
|        13 | Rajasthan       |    319.46 |    281.4  |    124.19 |     16.64 |      0.64 |
|        14 | Tamil Nadu      |    878.53 |    811.44 |    482    |    323.45 |    184.74 |
|        15 | Telangana       |    204.56 |    132.11 |    152.86 |     71.56 |     94.65 |
|        16 | Uttar Pradesh   |   1420.72 |    759.66 |    433.83 |    137.7  |     99.91 |
|        17 | Uttarakhand     |      0    |     32.64 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|        18 | West Bengal     |   1896.9  |   2503.72 |    463.37 |    203.1  |    424.26 |

Source: Ministry of Labour & Employment

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