Lok Sabha Question No. 1240 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Child Labour in MSMEs
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RITI PATHAK

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1240 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2015 CHILD LABOUR IN MSMEs

## †1240. SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

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

- (a)whether the Government is aware of engagement of child labour in various enterprises/ industries/factories particularly in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and also various textile industries including industries in Surat and Mumbai;
- (b)if so, the details thereof and reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c)whether any child labourer has been rescued and rehabilitated from such  industries  particularly  from  MSMEs  and  if  so,  the  details thereof during each of the last three years and the current year; and
- (d)whether any Committee has been set up to check employment of child labour in such industries/factories and if so, the details thereof and  if  not,  the  corrective  action  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b):   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 shows a decline from 2001 Census. The number of main workers in the age group of 5 to  14  years,  as  per  2011  Census,  State-wise  is  given  at  Annexure-I. The Child Labour (Prohibition  and  Regulation)  Act,  1986  provides  for action by appropriate Government to secure the compliance with its provisions.
- (c): Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  is  implementing  the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme for rehabilitation of child rescued/  withdrawn  from  the  prohibited  occupations  and  processes which may include Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The number of child labourers rescued/withdrawn from work, rehabilitated and mainstreamed under National Child Labour Project Scheme during the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State-wise,  are  given  at Annexure-II.

(d): Child  Labour  (Prohibition  &  Regulation)  (CLPR)  Act,  1986 prohibits the employment of children below 14 years of age in certain occupations  and  processes  and  regulates  the  working  condition  of children in employment  where  they are not prohibited. Central Government  is  the  appropriate  Government  for  enforcement  of  the CLPR Act in respect of Central Government establishments, railways, major ports, mines  or oil fields and in all other cases, State Government is the appropriate Government for enforcement of the Act. As  per  the  Act,  the  appropriate  Government  may  appoint  Inspectors for the purpose of securing compliance with the provisions of the Act.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  and  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  †1240  FOR  ANSWER  ON  07.12.2015  BY  SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK  REGARDING CHILD LABOUR IN MSMEs

## State wise details of main workers in the age group of 5-14 years as per Census 2011:

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT        |   No. of main workers in the age group of 5-14 years |
|-----------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Island |                                                  999 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh **       |                                               404851 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh       |                                                 5766 |
| 4.        | Assam                   |                                                99512 |
| 5.        | Bihar                   |                                               451590 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh U.T.         |                                                 3135 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh            |                                                63884 |
| 8.        | Dadra &Nagar H.         |                                                 1054 |
| 9.        | Daman &Diu U.T.         |                                                  774 |
| 10.       | Delhi U.T.              |                                                26473 |
| 11.       | Goa                     |                                                 6920 |
| 12.       | Gujarat                 |                                               250318 |
| 13.       | Haryana                 |                                                53492 |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh        |                                                15001 |
| 15.       | Jammu &Kashmir          |                                                25528 |
| 16.       | Jharkhand               |                                                90996 |
| 17.       | Karnataka               |                                               249432 |
| 18.       | Kerala                  |                                                21757 |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep UT          |                                                   28 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh          |                                               286310 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra             |                                               496916 |
| 22.       | Manipur                 |                                                11805 |
| 23.       | Meghalaya               |                                                18839 |
| 24.       | Mizoram                 |                                                 2793 |
| 25.       | Nagaland                |                                                11062 |
| 26.       | Odisha                  |                                                92087 |
| 27.       | Puducherry U.T.         |                                                 1421 |
| 28.       | Punjab                  |                                                90353 |
| 29.       | Rajasthan               |                                               252338 |
| 30.       | Sikkim                  |                                                 2704 |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu              |                                               151437 |
| 32.       | Tripura                 |                                                 4998 |
| 33.       | Uttar Pradesh           |                                               896301 |
| 34.       | Uttarakhand             |                                                28098 |
| 35.       | West Bengal             |                                               234275 |
|           | Total                   |                                              4353247 |

Including Telangana.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1240 FOR ANSWER ON 07.12.2015 BY SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK REGARDING CHILD LABOUR IN MSMEs

No.  of  children  rescued/withdrawn  from  work,  rehabilitated  and  mainstreamed  under National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme during the last three years and the current year,  State-wise  (based  on  the  available  information  received  from  District  Project Societies):

| Sl. No.   | State           | 2012-13   | 2013-14   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 (as on 30.9.2015 |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh# | 7840      | 5715      |       346 |                        175 |
| 2         | Assam           | 10848     | 0         |        60 |                       9346 |
| 3         | Bihar           | 1162      | 3736      |     14028 |                       2656 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh    | 2004      | 8034      |     10173 |                          0 |
| 5         | Gujarat         | 569       | 453       |       892 |                          0 |
| 6         | Haryana         | 1722      | 631       |      2583 |                          0 |
| 7         | Jammu &Kashmir  | 132       | 469       |         0 |                          0 |
| 8         | Jharkhand       | 4003      | 1028      |      2989 |                       3450 |
| 9         | Karnataka       | 758       | 2391      |      2519 |                       1203 |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh  | 7116      | 8323      |      7879 |                       7472 |
| 11        | Maharashtra     | 4954      | 5614      |      3804 |                       1840 |
| 12        | Odisha          | 10309     | 6114      |     21315 |                       1900 |
| 13        | Punjab          | 0         | 957       |       290 |                        613 |
| 14        | Rajasthan       | 4155      | 3585      |      3349 |                          0 |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu      | 3671      | 3436      |      4492 |                       2568 |
| 16        | Telangana       | -         | -         |      2691 |                       1003 |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh   | 10616     | 7310      |     16277 |                          0 |
| 18        | West Bengal     | 3117      | 6254      |     22689 |                       2922 |
| 19        | Uttarakhand     | -         | -         |       145 |                          0 |
| 20        | Nagaland        | -         | -         |       436 |                          0 |
|           | Total           | 72976     | 64050     |    116957 |                      35148 |

- #    Andhra Pradesh includes Telangana upto 2013-14.

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