Lok Sabha Question No. 2357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-18
Subject: Number of Kendriya Bal Shramik Vidyalayas
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Malook Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2357 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2023

## NUMBER OF KENDRIYA BAL SHRAMIK VIDYALAYAS

†2357. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

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

- (a)the number of Kendriya Bal Shramik Vidyalayas opened across the country since the introduction of National Child Labour Project till date, State-wise and year-wise; and
- (b)the details of funds  allocated  and  utilised as well as the achievements made under the said project, State-wise and yearwise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): 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 are rescued from work,  enrolled in the NCLP Special Training Centres (STCs) and are provided with bridge education  etc.  before  being  mainstreamed  into  formal  education system.

So far, NCLP scheme has been sanctioned in 324 no. of districts in 21 States and about 1.43 million working children have been  mainstreamed  to  regular  education  system  through  NCLP scheme since the inception of the scheme. The NCLP scheme has been subsumed with Samagara Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Scheme with effect from 01.04.2021.

The details of funds released under the NCLP scheme from

2020-21 to 2022-23 is at Annexure.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2357 FOR 18.12.2023 RAISED BY SHRI MALOOK NAGAR REGARDING NUMBER OF KENDRIYA BAL SHRAMIK VIDYALAYAS

Grant Released under National Child Labour Project Scheme, State-wise, during 2020-21 to 2022-23:

( Rs. In Lakhs)

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|   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 |