Lok Sabha Question No. 1083 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-10
Subject: Child Labour
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Dr. D Ravi Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1083 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2025

## CHILD LABOUR

1083. DR. D RAVI KUMAR:

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

- (a)the details of the latest data on the number of children engaged in
- various forms of child labour as of 2024, State/UT-wise;
- (b)the  manner  in  which  the  above-said  details  have  compared  to previous years, and the trends that have been observed across regions;
- (c)the number of cases of child labour reported on the Platform for Effective  Enforcement  for  No  Child  Labour  (PENCIL)  portal, State/UT-wise;
- (d)the details of the children that have been rehabilitated through the Government  interventions,  including  rehabilitation  programmes and their effectiveness be shared;
- (e)the details of the number of children who were forced into child labour  between  January,  2023  and  December  2024  and  the measures that have been taken by the Government to address the issue; and
- (f)whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  to  conduct  capacitybuilding  initiatives  for  implementing  the  provisions  of  the  Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, if so, the details thereof including the timelines  modules  and  focus  areas  of  these initiatives?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (f):  The  Government  is  pursuing  multipronged  strategy  to eliminate child labour and to rehabilitate them for which it has taken comprehensive measures which include legislative measures, rehabilitation strategy, providing right to free education and general socio-economic development. The Ministry of Labour and Employment has framed the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Rules, 1988, under the Child and Adolescent Labour

(Prohibition  &  Regulation)  Act,  1986.    It  provides,  inter-alia,  for District  Nodal  Officer  (DNO),  task  force  at  district  level  under  the chairpersonship of District Magistrate to ensure that the provisions of the Act are properly enforced.  Model State Action Plan has also been framed enumerating action required to be taken by respective states for eradication of child labour.

The  'Crime  in  India'  a  publication  of  National  Crime Records Bureau publishes the number of cases registered under Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, in the country.  The latest published data pertains to the year 2022. The State/Union  Territories  wise  details  for  the  year  2018  to  2022  are placed at Annexure-I.

The  number  of  cases  of  child  labour  reported  on  the Platform  for  Effective  Enforcement  for  No  Child  Labour  (PENCIL)

portal, State/UT- wise are at Annexure-II.

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 scheme was subsumed with Samagara Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA),  a  scheme  of  the  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, during 2018-19 to 2022-23 is at Annexure-III.

The  Standard  Operating  Procedures  (SOP)  issued  by Ministry of Labour and Employment outlines the roles and responsibilities of various agencies and stakeholders for enhancing the capacities of institutions, facilitating effective  knowledge management and ensuring seamless coordination and convergence among agencies which help in building an informed and responsive ecosystem that prevents the exploitation of children and adolescents.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1083  FOR  10.02.2025  RAISED  BY  DR.  D  RAVI  KUMAR  REGARDING CHILD LABOUR.

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

| S. No.   | 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    |                           | 464    |        |        | 613    | 751    |
|          |                           |        | 772    | 476    |        |        |

Source: Crime in India, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (f)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1083 FOR 10.02.2025 RAISED BY DR. D RAVI KUMAR REGARDING CHILD LABOUR

The details of number of complaints on cases of child labourers has been reported on the Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour (PENCIL)  portal, State/UT wise

| S. No   | State                       |   Number of complaints |
|---------|-----------------------------|------------------------|
| 1.      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                      0 |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh              |                    112 |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh           |                      0 |
| 4.      | Assam                       |                     56 |
| 5.      | Bihar                       |                    359 |
| 6.      | Chandigarh                  |                      9 |
| 7.      | Chhattisgarh                |                     17 |
| 8.      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                      0 |
| 9.      | Daman and Diu               |                      0 |
| 10.     | Delhi                       |                    256 |
| 11.     | Goa                         |                      0 |
| 12.     | Gujarat                     |                     97 |
| 13.     | Haryana                     |                     96 |
| 14.     | Himachal Pradesh            |                     10 |
| 15.     | Jammu and Kashmir           |                     28 |
| 16.     | Jharkhand                   |                     69 |
| 17.     | Karnataka                   |                    138 |
| 18.     | Kerala                      |                     13 |
| 19.     | Lakshadweep                 |                      0 |
| 20.     | Madhya Pradesh              |                    267 |
| 21.     | Maharashtra                 |                    173 |
| 22.     | Manipur                     |                      0 |
| 23.     | Meghalaya                   |                      2 |
| 24.     | Mizoram                     |                      0 |
| 25.     | Nagaland                    |                      0 |
| 26.     | Odisha                      |                    130 |
| 27.     | Puducherry                  |                      2 |
| 28.     | Punjab                      |                    102 |
| 29.     | Rajasthan                   |                    401 |
| 30.     | Sikkim                      |                      0 |
| 31.     | Tamil Nadu                  |                    175 |
| 32.     | Telangana                   |                    123 |
| 33.     | Tripura                     |                      0 |
| 34.     | Uttarakhand                 |                     48 |
| 35.     | Uttar Pradesh               |                   1832 |
| 36.     | West Bengal                 |                      0 |
|         | Total                       |                   4515 |

Source: PENCIL Portal, Ministry of Labour and Employment

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1083  FOR  10.02.2025  RAISED  BY  DR.  D  RAVI  KUMAR  REGARDING CHILD LABOUR

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

| Sl. No.   | State          | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 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     |

NA: Not Applicable                                      Source: Ministry of Labour and Employment

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