Lok Sabha Question No. 2860 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-07
Subject: Special School Running under NCLP
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sunil Dattatray Tatkare

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2860 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2023

## SPECIAL SCHOOL RUNNING UNDER NCLP

2860. SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

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

- (a)the  details  of  districts  covered  under  the  National  Child  Labour Project Scheme;
- (b)whether the Government proposes to implement this scheme in other districts;
- (c)the total number of special schools actively running during the last five years, year-wise;
- (d)the total number of children rescued and rehabilitated in the last
- five years, year-wise;
- (e)the funds allocated, released and utilised under the scheme during the last five years, district-wise and year-wise; and
- (f)whether the Government maintains any comprehensive database of  child  labourers  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Ministry of Labour & Employment had been implementing National  Child  Labour  Project  (NCLP)  Scheme  for  rehabilitation  of child labourers through District Project Societies under the chairmanship of the District Magistrate.  Under the NCLP scheme, the children in the age group of 9-14 years are rescued / withdrawn from work  and  enrolled  in  the  NCLP  Special  Training  Centres  (STCs), where they are provided with bridge education, vocational training, mid-day meal, stipend, health care, etc. before being mainstreamed into formal education system. After 31.03.2021, the scheme has been subsumed / merged with Samagara Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Scheme of Ministry of Education.

No  new  STCs  under  NCLP  Project  have  been  approved after  31.03.2021.  The  details  of  Special  Training  Centres  as  on 31.03.2021 is annexed.

(d) to (f): No. of children / beneficiaries, rescued / withdrawn from work,  rehabilitated  and  mainstreamed  under  NCLP  Scheme  during 2018-19,2019-20,2020-21,2021-22  and  2022-23  are  50284  ,  54894  , 58289 , 18137 and 13761 respectively.

The details of funds released under the NCLP scheme from 2018-19 to 2022-23 is as under:

(Rs in Crore)

|   S.No. | Year     |   Budgetary allocation (Final grant) |   Fund utilized |
|---------|----------|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|       1 | 2018-19  |                                89.99 |           88.99 |
|       2 | 2019-20  |                                78    |           77.47 |
|       3 | 2020 -21 |                                49    |           41.19 |
|       4 | 2021-22  |                                20    |           18.45 |
|       5 | 2022-23  |                                20    |           15.93 |

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2860 FOR 07.08.2023 BY SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE REGARDING SPECIAL SCHOOL RUNNING UNDER NCLP

|   Sl. No. | State          | District         |   No. of STCs given permission |
|-----------|----------------|------------------|--------------------------------|
|         1 | Madhya Pradesh | Shajapur         |                             15 |
|         2 | Odisha         | Jharsuguda       |                             16 |
|         3 | Odisha         | Sundargarh       |                             28 |
|         4 | Assam          | Kamrup (Metro)   |                             40 |
|         5 | Assam          | Nagaon           |                             93 |
|         6 | West Bengal    | Dakshin Dinajpur |                             30 |
|         7 | West Bengal    | Alipurduar       |                             13 |
|         8 | West Bengal    | Cooch Behar      |                             19 |
|         9 | Tamil Nadu     | Vellore          |                             10 |
|        10 | Tamil Nadu     | Dharmapuri       |                             14 |
|        11 | Tamil Nadu     | Krishnagiri      |                              9 |

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