Rehabilitation of Child Labour Working in Hazardous Occupations

The Union Ministry of Labour is implementing National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme in 266 districts of the country for rehabilitation of children rescued/withdrawn from work. Under the Project, children withdrawn from work are enrolled in the special schools, where they are provided with bridge education, vocational training, nutrition, stipend, health care, etc. before mainstreaming them into formal education system.. As per the available information 8.52 lakh children have been rehabilitated  since inception of the NCLP Scheme.

                       

                        The State-wise details are as follows:

S.SS.No.	Name of  States	No. of   Districts	Name of the Districts
1	Andhra Pradesh	20	Ananatapur, Chittor, Cuddapah, Guntur, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Kurnool, Khammam, Nellore, Nizamabad, Prakasam, Rangareddy,Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Vishakhapatnam, Warangal, West Godavari, Mehbubnagar,Adilabad andKrishna
2	Assam	3	Nagaon, Kamrup and Lakhimpur
3	Bihar	24	Nalanda, Saharsa, Jamui, Katihar, Araria, Gaya, East Champaran, West Champaran,Madhepura, Patna, Supaul, Samastipur,Madhubani, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur,Nawada, Khagaria, Sitamarhi, Kishanganj,Begusarai, Banka, Saran, Purnia andBhagalpur
4	Chhattisgarh	7	Durg, Bilaspur, Rajnandgaon, Surguja, Raigarh,  Raipur and Korba
5	Gujarat	9	Surat, Panchmahals, Bhuj, BanasKantha,Dahod, Vadodara, Bhavnagar, Ahmedabadand Rajkot
6	Haryana	3	Gurgaon, Faridabad and Panipat
7	Jammu & Kashmir	2	Srinagar and Udhampur
8	Jharkhand	8	Garwah, Sahibganj, Dumka, Pakur, WestSinghbhum (Chaibasa), Gumla, Palamu,   andHazaribagh
9	Karnataka	15	Bijapur, Raichur, Dharwad, Bangalore Rural,Bangalore Urban, Belgaum,Koppal,  Devangere, Mysore, Bagalkot, Chitradurga,Gulbarga, Bellary, Kolar and Mandya.
10	Madhya Pradesh	21	Mandsaur, Gwalior, Ujjain, Barwani, Rewa,Dhar, East Nimar(Khandwa), Rajgarh,Chhindwara, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Guna,   Shajapur,Ratlam, West Nimar(khargon), Jhabua,Damoh, Sagar, Jabalpur, Satna and Katni
11	Maharashtra	15	Solapur, Thane, Sangli,   Jalgaon, Nandurbar,Nanded, Nasik, Yavatmal, Dhule, Beed,Amravati, Jalna, Aurangabad, Gondia and Mumbai Suburban.
12	Nagaland	1	Dimapur
13	Orissa	24	Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Bolangir, Cuttack,Deogarh, Gajapati (Udayagiri), Ganjam,Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Koraput, Malkangiri,Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Nuapada,Rayagada, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Jajpur,Keonjhar, Kendrapada, Khurda, Nayagarhand Sundergarh.
14	Punjab	3	Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Amritsar
15	Rajasthan	27	Jaipur, Udaipur, Tonk, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Alwar,Jalor, Churu, Nagaur, Chittaurgarh, Banswara,Dhaulpur, Sikar, Dungarpur, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Jhunjhunu, Bundi, Jhalawar, Pali,Bhilwara, Ganganagar and Barmer, Dausa,Hanumangarh, Kota, Baran.
16	Tamil Nadu	17	Chidambaranar (Tuticorin), Coimbatore,Dharmapuri, Vellore, Salem, Tiruchirapallli,Tirunelveli, Krishnagiri, Chennai, Erode,Dindigul, Theni. Kanchipuram,Thiruvannamallai, Tiruvallur, Nammakkal andVirudhunagar
17	Uttar Pradesh	47	Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi, Bulandshahar, Saharanpur, Azamgarh, Bijnour, Gonda, Kheri,Bahraich, Balrampur, Hardoi, Barabanki,Sitapur, Faizabad, Badaun, Gorakhpur,Kushinagar, Kannuaj, Shajahanpur, Rae Bareli, Unnao, Sultanpur, Fatehpur, Shravasti,Pratapgarh, Basti, Sonebhadra, Mau, Kaushambi, Banda, Ghaziabad, Jaunpur, Rampur, Bareilly, Lucknow, Meerut, Etawah, Agra, Ghazipur,  Mathura, Etah, Moradabad, Allahabad, Kanpur Nagar, Aligarh andFerozabad.
18	Uttrakhand	1	Dehradun
19	West Bengal	18	Burdwan, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur, North 24-Parganas, South 24-Parganas,Kolkata,Murshidabad,Midnapore,  Maldah,Bankura, Purulia, Birbhum, Nadia, Hugli, Howrah, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Bihar, EastMidnapore.
20	Delhi	1	NCT of Delhi
	Total	266

               

Under the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation)Act, 1986, any person who employs a child in any occupation or process where employment of  children is prohibited under the Act, is liable for punishment with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than 3 months but which may extend to one year or with fine ranging from Rs.10,000/- to Rs.20,000/- or with both.  As per available information, 22092 persons have been prosecuted for violating the provisions of the Act, during last three year while 3049 were convicted and 12 sent to Jail.