Lok Sabha Question No. 1155 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Child Labour in Garment Sector
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: BHAGWANTH KHUBA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1155 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2015

## CHILD LABOUR IN GARMENT SECTOR

## 1155. SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA:

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

- (a)the number of child labourers working in various garment sectors in the country at present;
- (b)whether most of the child labourers engaged in the said sector are girls;
- (c)if so, the details thereof, gender-wise along with the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (d)the  details  of  complaints  received  in  this  regard  along  with  the action  taken  thereon  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current year, year and State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): The number of main workers in the age group of 5-14 years in the country is 43.53 lakh as per 2011 Census, which includes 26.64 lakh  male  and  16.89  lakh  female.  The  occupation  wise  data  is  not available from Census 2011. Considering the nature of the problem of child  labour,  Government  is  following  a  multi-pronged  strategy  for eradication  of  child  labour.  It  comprises  of  statutory  and  legislative measures,  rehabilitation  of  children  withdrawn  from  work  through specific  scheme  and  universal  elementary  education  along  with convergence with other schemes for socio-economic development.
- (d): As  per  the  information  furnished  by  various  States,  the number of inspections and prosecutions under Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 during the last three years, Statewise is given at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1155 FOR ANSWER ON 07.12.2015 BY SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA REGARDING CHILD LABOUR IN GARMENT SECTOR

State-wise details of inspections and prosecutions under the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act during the last three years as per the information received from respective State:

| State/UT          |   No. of Inspection | No. of Inspection   | No. of Inspection   |   No. of Prosecutions | No. of Prosecutions   | No. of Prosecutions   |
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|                   |                2012 | 2013                | 2014                |                  2012 | 2013                  | 2014                  |
| Andmn& Nico I.    |                   0 | 40                  | NA                  |                     0 | 0                     | NA                    |
| Andhra Pradesh    |                7146 | 6984                | 2926                |                  1250 | 2077                  | 874                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                  50 | NA                  | NA                  |                     0 | NA                    | NA                    |
| Assam             |                7780 | 9677                | 11110               |                   129 | 119                   | 12                    |
| Bihar             |                9308 | 8429                | 12705               |                   522 | 698                   | 910                   |
| Chandigarh U.T.   |                2053 | 1646                | 1440                |                    24 | 53                    | 17                    |
| Chhattisgarh      |                1316 | 2460                | 1098                |                    19 | 28                    | 110                   |
| Dadra &Nagar H.   |                  37 | 38                  | 32                  |                     1 | 0                     | 0                     |
| Daman &Diu U.T.   |                 389 | 395                 | 368                 |                     0 | 0                     | 0                     |
| Delhi U.T.        |                 277 | 149                 | 31                  |                   277 | 149                   | 31                    |
| Goa               |                 332 | 912                 | 19                  |                     0 | 0                     | 0                     |
| Gujarat           |               17606 | 17900               | 2942                |                   273 | 210                   | 42                    |
| Haryana           |                3955 | 2966                | 4659                |                   105 | 72                    | 150                   |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                3932 | 3536                | 1583                |                     2 | 15                    | 3                     |
| Jammu &Kashmir    |                3868 | 3860                | 2162                |                    27 | 22                    | 28                    |
| Jharkhand         |                7568 | 7825                | 3341                |                    64 | 36                    | 21                    |
| Karnataka         |               11077 | 18070               | 32486               |                   163 | 153                   | 90                    |
| Kerala            |                5274 | 4450                | 2368                |                     2 | 1                     | 1                     |
| Lakshadweep UT    |                   0 | 0                   | 0                   |                     0 | 0                     | 0                     |
| Madhya Pradesh    |               11056 | 2535                | 1641                |                   902 | 153                   | 96                    |
| Maharashtra       |                5825 | 6197                | 8994                |                    33 | 66                    | 2                     |
| Manipur           |                   2 | 6                   | NA                  |                     2 | NA                    | NA                    |
| Meghalaya         |                1381 | 5236                | 4941                |                     8 | 30                    | 7                     |
| Mizoram           |                  96 | 96                  | 96                  |                     0 | 0                     | 0                     |
| Nagaland          |                   0 | 0                   | 0                   |                     0 | 0                     | 0                     |
| Odisha            |                 474 | 494                 | 372                 |                    34 | 45                    | 13                    |
| Puducherry U.T.   |               19091 | 10191               | 10319               |                     0 | 0                     | 0                     |
| Punjab            |               27769 | 26314               | 17752               |                   683 | 711                   | 485                   |
| Rajasthan         |                3432 | 2785                | 2525                |                    21 | 15                    | 11                    |
| Sikkim            |                 250 | 100                 | 200                 |                     0 | 0                     | 0                     |
| Tamil Nadu        |               28233 | 75447               | 146249              |                    24 | 28                    | 27                    |
| Tripura           |                1829 | 1638                | 1877                |                     1 | 15                    | 3                     |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                 589 | 971                 | 646                 |                    64 | 49                    | 291                   |
| Uttarakhand       |                 605 | 466                 | 281                 |                    11 | 24                    | 8                     |
| West Bengal       |                 888 | 844                 | NA                  |                    38 | 15                    | NA                    |
| Telangana         |                2363 | 1631                | 596                 |                    52 | 115                   | 108                   |
| Total             |              185851 | 224288              | 275759              |                  4731 | 4899                  | 3340                  |

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