Lok Sabha Question No. 217 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-25
Subject: Child Labour Project Scheme
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Bastipati Nagaraju

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 217

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2024

## CHILD LABOUR PROJECT SCHEME

## 217. SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU:

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

- (a)the  details  regarding  the  number  of  children  who  have  been rehabilitated under the Child Labour Project Scheme in a Statewise  manner  during  the  last  five  years,  especially  in  Andhra Pradesh;
- (b)the details of children who were found to be working in hazardous conditions  during  the  last  five  years  in  a  State-wise  manner, especially from Andhra Pradesh;
- (c)the details regarding the funds allocated and utilised during the last  five  years  under  the  Child  Labour  Project  in  a  State-wise manner, especially from Andhra Pradesh; and
- (d)whether the Government has carried out any promotional/awareness  campaign  for  the  purposes  of  making Indian citizens aware of Child Labour Project and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): 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  The  details  of  the  number  of  children  rescued  / withdrawn from work, rehabilitated and mainstreamed under NCLP scheme state - wise, including in the state of Andhra Pradesh during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 state of Andhra Pradesh  for  2018  to  2022  is  at  Annexure  II.  The  details  of  grants released under the NCLP scheme from 2018-19 to 2022-23 state-wise, including Andhra Pradesh, 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 (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 217 FOR 25.11.2024 RAISED BY SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU 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        | --        |
| 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          | --          | 3         | 1         |
| 17        | Nagaland       | 111       | 24          | --          | --        | --        |
|           | Total          | 50,284    | 54,894      | 58,289      | 18137     | 13761     |

Source: Ministry of Labour & Employment.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 217 FOR 25.11.2024 RAISED BY SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU NCLP SCHEME

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

| S.L   | 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 (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 217 FOR 25.11.2024 RAISED BY SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU 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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