Lok Sabha Question No. 2428 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-14
Subject: Forced Child Labour
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: PANKAJ CHOWDHARY, B.N. CHANDRAPPA, RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2428 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2015

## FORCED CHILD LABOUR

†2428. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA: SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

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

- (a)whether  children  are  being  forced  to  work  as  child  labourers  in dhabas, restaurants, etc. for earning livelihood due to poverty;
- (b)if so, the details and number of child labourers as on date, State/UTwise including Maharashtra;
- (c)whether  the  Government  has  studied  the  factors  that  forced  the children to work as child labour and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d)whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  necessary  facilities such  as  housing  to  the  families  of  the  child  labour  to  earn  their livelihood and provide better education to children as an initiative to eliminate child labour;
- (e)if so, the details in this regard and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f)the details of action taken against employers of child labour along with  the  other  steps  to  completely  eliminate  child  labour  in  the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): As per 2001 Census, 70,934 children were found employed in the Dhabas/ Restaurants/ Hotels/ Motels. The occupation wise data is not available from Census 2011. The number of main workers in the age  group  of  5  to  14  years  as  per  2011  Census,  State/UT-wise including Maharashtra is given at Annexure.

(c) to (e): Child  Labour  is  an  outcome  of  various  socio-economic problems  such  as  poverty,  economic  backwardness  and  illiteracy. 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  It  comprises  of  statutory  and legislative  measures,  rehabilitation  of  children  withdrawn  from  work through  specific  scheme  and  universal  elementary  education  along with convergence with other schemes for socio-economic development.

Government is also implementing the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme under which children rescued/ withdrawn from work in the age group of 9-14 years are enrolled in the NCLP Special Training  Centres,  where  they  are  provided  with  bridge  education, vocational 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).

(f): As per the information received from the States, the total number of Prosecutions under Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act,  1986  during  the  last  three  years  i.e.  2012,  2013  and  2014  are 4,731, 4,899 and 3,340 respectively.

Further,  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Child  Labour  (Prohibition  & Regulation) Act, 1986 has been introduced in Rajya Sabha in 2012. The Government has decided to move Official Amendments  to the Amendment Bill. The Official Amendments along with the Amendment Bill, inter-alia, covers complete prohibition on employment of children below 14 years, linking the age of prohibition with the age under Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The Bill also provides for creation of a Child and Adolescent Labour Rehabilitation Fund for rehabilitation of child and adolescent.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2428 FOR ANSWER ON 14.12.2015 BY SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY AND OTHERS  REGARDING FORCED CHILD 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 |

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