Lok Sabha Question No. 500 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-24
Subject: National Programme for Child Labour Free India
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar, Hemant Tukaram Godse, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 500 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2023

## NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR CHILD LABOUR FREE INDIA

†500. SHRIMATI DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR: SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

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

(a)the  details  of  the  efforts  made  by  the  Government  to  include industries as per the draft of the National Programme for 'Child Labour Free India' in the country;

(b)the details of special efforts made to include migrant children, girls and scheduled caste/scheduled tribe children in the said draft; and (c)the  details  of  efforts  made  for  survey  of  children  'Not  Going  to School' under t he Samagra Shiksha Abhiyaan?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): The  Government  having  given  consideration  to  various aspects  of  the  problems  of  child  labour  enacted  the  Child  Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 which was amended in 2016. The  amended  Act  is  now  called  the  Child  and  Adolescent  Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 which inter-alia 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.

Ministry of Labour & Employment has constituted an InterMinisterial Committee  under the chairpersonship of

Secretary (Labour & Employment) comprising the representatives of   Ministry of  Agriculture  &  Farmers'  Welfare,    Department  of  Commerce, Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs,  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs, Ministry of Micro  Small &   Medium   Enterprises,  Ministry of Mines,

Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj,  Department  of  Rural  Development, Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy,  Ministry  of  Skill Development  and  Entrepreneurship,  Ministry  of  Social  Justice  & Empowerment, Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Women and Child Development. The Committee coordinates efforts across ministries and sectors for prevention of child labour.

In addition, Ministry of Labour & Employment has framed model State Action Plan enumerating action points to be taken by labour respective State Governments  for eradication of child including migrant, girl and SC/ST children.

Under the Samagra  Shiksha  scheme  of  Ministry of Education  implemented  by  its  Department  of  School  Education  & Literacy,  annual  plans  are  prepared  by  the  States  and  Union Territories (UTs) based on their requirements and priority and this is reflected in their respective Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B) proposals. During the appraisal of AWP&B proposals, all States and UTs  are  requested  to  conduct  house  hold  survey  annually  for  the purpose of identification of the Out of School Children (OoSC).  This includes drop out and never enrolled children.

Under the Scheme, all the  States  and  Union  Territories (UTs) are required to conduct Household Survey for identification of Out of School Children (OoSC). This Department has developed an online  module  for  compiling  the  data  of  OoSC  identified  by  each State/UT and their mapping with Special Training Centres (STC) on the PRABANDH Portal. The concerned State/UT validates the child wise  information  of  the  identified  OoSC  and  STC  uploaded  by  the concerned  Block  Resource  Centre  of  the  State  for  monitoring  the progress of mainstreaming of OoSC.

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