Lok Sabha Question No. 1306 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Child/Bonded Labour
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: ANUPRIYA SINGH PATEL, OM BIRLA, ALOK SANJAR, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1306 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2015 CHILD/BONDED LABOUR

## 1306. SHRIMATI ANUPRIYA PATEL:

SHRI OM BIRLA:

SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

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

- (a)the number of child labourers and bonded labourers identified in the
- country, State/UT-wise;
- (b)the  total  number  of  child  and  bonded  labourers  rescued  and rehabilitated  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current
- year, State/UT-wise;
- (c)whether freed child and bonded labourers are forced to work again and  if  so,  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  evolve  a  new improved  system  for  rehabilitation  of  child  and  bonded  labourers
- and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d)whether the Government has launched any publicity or special drive against  the  practice  of  child  and  bonded  labour  in  the  country including rural areas;
- (e)if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)the measures taken by the Government for the complete eradication of child and bonded labour in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- The  number of  main  workers  in  the  age  group  of  5  to  14 years as per 2011 Census, State/UT-wise, is given at Annexure-1 and the State/UT-wise number of bonded labourers identified till 30.9.2015
- (a): is given at Annexure-II.
- (b): As  per  the  data  received  from  District  National  Child Labour Project (NCLP) Societies, number of children rescued/withdrawn from work, rehabilitated and mainstreamed under NCLP Scheme during the last three years and the current year, Statewise  is  given  at  Annexure-III.  Number  of  bonded  labourers  released and rehabilitated during the last three years and current year is given at Annexure-IV.

- (c): Enforcement of the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation)  Act,  1986  is  with  the  Central  and  State  Government  in their  respective spheres.  However, Government is implementing the National  Child  Labour  Project  (NCLP)  Scheme  under  which  children rescued/  withdrawn  from  work  in  the  age  group  of  9-14  years  are enrolled in the NCLP  Special  Training  Centres,  where  they  are provided  with  bridge  education,  vocational  training,  mid  day  meal, stipend, health care etc. before mainstreaming into formal education system. Children in the age group of 5-8 years are directly linked to the formal education system through a close coordination with the Sarva Shiksha  Abhiyaan  (SSA).  A  Centrally  Sponsored  Plan  Scheme  for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labour is under operation since 1978. Under the  scheme,  rehabilitation  assistance  is  provided  which  is  equally shared by the Central and the State Government. In the case of North Eastern States, the entire financial assistance is borne by the Central Government.
- (d) & (e): The NCLP Scheme envisages awareness generation campaigns  against the evils of child labour. To undertake the awareness generation, funds to the tune of Rs. 1.25 lakh are provided annually to the NCLP Project Society. Under the Centrally Sponsored Plan Scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labour, Central Government provides assistance of Rs. Ten lakh per annum  per state for undertaking awareness generation activities.
- (f): Considering  the  nature  of  the  problem  of  child  labour, Government  is  following  a  multi-pronged  strategy.  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.  The  Bonded  Labour  System  has  been abolished  by  law  throughout  the  country  under  the  Bonded  labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976. The Act empowers Executive Magistrates  to  exercise  powers  of  Judicial  Magistrate  of  first  or second  class  for  trial  of  offences.  The  Act  provides  for  Vigilance Committees  at  District and  Sub-divisional levels to identify  and rehabilitate bonded labourers. In order to assist the State Governments  in  the  task  of  rehabilitation  of  identified  and  released bonded labourers, a Centrally Sponsored Plan Scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labour is under operation since 1978. ****                                               *******

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OFLOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1306  FOR  ANSWER  ON  07.12.2015  BY  SHRIMATI  ANUPRIYA PATEL AND OTHERS REGARDING CHILD/ BONDED LABOUR

## 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 (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1306  FOR  ANSWER  ON  07.12.2015  BY  SHRIMATI  ANUPRIYA PATEL AND OTHERS REGARDING CHILD/ BONDED LABOUR

The  State/  UT-wise  number  of  bonded  labourers  which  may  include  bonded  child labourers identified till 31.09.2015:

| Name of the State   | Identified and Released   |
|---------------------|---------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh      | 38,141                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 3,526                     |
| Bihar               | 15,395                    |
| Chhattisgarh        | 2,215                     |
| Gujarat             | 64                        |
| Haryana             | 594                       |
| Jharkhand           | 196                       |
| Karnataka           | 64,600                    |
| Kerala              | 823                       |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 13,317                    |
| Maharashtra         | 1,404                     |
| Orissa              | 50,441                    |
| Punjab              | 252                       |
| Rajasthan           | 7,713                     |
| Tamil Nadu          | 65,573                    |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 37,788                    |
| Uttaranchal         | 5                         |
| West Bengal         | 344                       |
| TOTAL               | 3,02,391                  |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1306  FOR  ANSWER  ON  07.12.2015  BY  SHRIMATI  ANUPRIYA PATEL AND OTHERS REGARDING CHILD/ BONDED LABOUR

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.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1306  FOR  ANSWER  ON  07.12.2015  BY  SHRIMATI  ANUPRIYA PATEL AND OTHERS REGARDING CHILD/BONDED LABOUR.

Number of bonded labourers which may include bonded child labourers released and rehabilitated during the last three years and current year:

| Year       | State         | Bonded labour released & rehabilitated   |
|------------|---------------|------------------------------------------|
| 2012-13    | Chhattisgarh  | 550                                      |
|            | Rajasthan     | 50                                       |
|            | Uttar Pradesh | 1335                                     |
|            | Karnataka     | 1090                                     |
|            | Punjab        | 164                                      |
| Total 3189 | Total 3189    | Total 3189                               |
| 2013-14    | Odisha        | 28                                       |
|            | Rajasthan     | 150                                      |
|            | Uttar Pradesh | 1800                                     |
| Total      | Total         | 1978                                     |
| 2014-15    | Chhattisgarh  | 853                                      |
| Total      | Total         | 853                                      |
| 2015-16    | Uttar Pradesh | 2216                                     |
| Total      | Total         | 2216                                     |

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