Lok Sabha Question No. 1165 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-02
Subject: Child Rehabilitation Centres
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Y. S. AVINASH REDDY

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1165

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.05.2016

## CHILD REHABILITATION CENTRES

1165. SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

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

- (a)the number of functional as well as non-functional rehabilitation centres in the country at present, State/UT-wise;
- child
- (b)whether the Government proposes to revive the non functional child rehabilitation  centres  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof State/UT-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (c)whether bills pertaining to salaries of project staff and the special training centres of NCLP in the country especially Andhra Pradesh for the year 2013-14 are reportedly pending;
- (d)if so, the details thereof and the action taken/being taken for their expenditious settlement; and
- (e)the other steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a): As per the information received from various NCLP Districts, at present,  there  are  2876  Special  Training  Centres  functional  under NCLP  Scheme.  The  State/UT-wise  details  of  functional  and  nonfunctional special training centres are at  Annexure.
- (b): The major objective of the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme is to withdraw children from work and mainstream them into formal education system. The Survey is the starting point for the child labour project. The Project Societies are required to conduct survey to identify children working in certain occupations and processes. These children will then form the target group for the Project Society.

Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment has issued communication to all the concerned Labour Department of the State Government including State Government of Andhra Pradesh to assess the presence of child labour in all NCLP districts through Survey.

(c) to (e): Ministry of Labour and Employment is implementing National  Child  Labour  Project  (NCLP)  Scheme  wherein  the  Special Training  Centres  (STCs)  are  run  by  the  District  Project  Societies  for rehabilitation  of  children  withdrawn  from  work.  Under  the  Scheme, grant-in-aid which  include  funds  for salary of Project Staff  and honorarium of volunteers are directly released to the District Project Societies who in turn use the funds for meeting the expenditure of the Project society and running of Special Training Centres.

For  settlement  of  past  liability  claims  by  the  Project Society, Ministry has circulated a prescribed proforma which needs to be duly filled by the Society and intimated to the Ministry along with the  complete  supporting  documents  required  as  per  the  modalities finalized  for  processing  release  of  liabilities.  On  receipt  of  complete requisite documents, the release of past liabilities is considered in the Ministry. Further, for the State of Andhra Pradesh, the liability claim for the year 2013-14 has been received from two NCLP districts namely, Anantpur and Nellore. Funds/liabilities are released to District Project Societies  based  on  the  Progress  Reports,  relevant  documents  etc. Regular Communications/e-mails are sent to District Project Societies for sending the necessary documents. Video Conferences are held for expediting  these  reports.  Central  Monitoring  Committee  Meeting  has also been convened to discuss the NCLP Scheme and fund release to the Societies.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1165  FOR  ANSWER  ON  02.05.2016  BY  SHRI  Y.  S.  AVINASH REDDY REGARDING CHILD REHABILITATION CENTRES

State/UT-wise details of Special Training Centres functional and non-functional under  National  Child  Labour  Project (NCLP)  Scheme  (As  per  December,  2015 QPR received from the District Project Societies so far)

| S.No.   | Name of the State/UT   |   Sanctioned Special Training Centres |   Functioning Special Training Centres |   Non- functional Special Training Centres |
|---------|------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh         |                                   501 |                                     68 |                                        433 |
| 2       | Assam                  |                                   377 |                                     82 |                                        295 |
| 3       | Bihar                  |                                  1723 |                                    249 |                                       1474 |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh           |                                   261 |                                     24 |                                        237 |
| 5       | Delhi                  |                                     0 |                                      0 |                                          0 |
| 6       | Gujarat                |                                   118 |                                      0 |                                        118 |
| 7       | Haryana                |                                   128 |                                     62 |                                         66 |
| 8       | Jammu & Kashmir        |                                    27 |                                     17 |                                         10 |
| 9       | Jharkhand              |                                   265 |                                    169 |                                         96 |
| 10      | Karnataka              |                                   380 |                                     61 |                                        319 |
| 11      | Madhya Pradesh         |                                   693 |                                    299 |                                        394 |
| 12      | Maharashtra            |                                   593 |                                    374 |                                        219 |
| 13      | Nagaland               |                                    44 |                                     44 |                                          0 |
| 14      | Odisha                 |                                  1030 |                                      0 |                                       1030 |
| 15      | Punjab                 |                                   107 |                                    101 |                                          6 |
| 16      | Rajasthan              |                                  1179 |                                     42 |                                       1137 |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu             |                                   656 |                                    265 |                                        391 |
| 18      | Telangana              |                                   514 |                                    184 |                                        330 |
| 19      | Uttar Pradesh          |                                  2061 |                                    113 |                                       1948 |
| 20      | Uttarakhand            |                                    10 |                                      0 |                                         10 |
| 21      | West Bengal            |                                   985 |                                    722 |                                        263 |
|         | Total                  |                                 11652 |                                   2876 |                                       8776 |

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