Thursday, April 5, 2012

Programmes for Eradication of Child Labour


The Government is contemplating certain amendments to Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 which includes making penalties more stringent for those who employ child labourers. Accordingly the Ministry of Labour and Employment is implementing National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme in 266 districts of the country for eradication of child labour. Under Grant in Aid Scheme, funds to the extent of 75% of the project cost are released directly to the NGOs for elimination of the child labour in the districts which are not covered under the National Child Labour Project. Apart from this, Government is taking various proactive measures towards convergence of schemes of different Ministries like Ministry of Human Resource Development, Women and Child Development, Urban Housing and Rural Poverty Alleviation, Rural Development, Railway, Panchayati Raj Institutions etc. so that child labour and their families get covered under the benefits of the schemes of these Ministries. Further the Ministry is implementing a pilot Project Converging Against Child labour–support for India’s Model in collaboration with International Labour Organisation funded by US Department of Labour with the objective to contribute to the prevention and elimination of hazardous child labour, including trafficking and migration of child labour.  As per 2001 census, the total number of working children between the age group 5-14 years in the country was 1.26 crore. However, as per NSSO survey 2009-10, the working children are estimated at 49.84 lakh which shows declining trend. The State-wise information is given as under:
Data on Child Labour based on Employment Unemployment Survey during NSS 66th Round (2009-10) 
Sr. No.
Major State all India
  Age group 5-14 
Rural
Urban
Male
Female
Male
Female
1
Andhra Pradesh
88156
110191
20767
15548
2
Assam
144655
31909
11833
757
3
Bihar
224292
38665
11017
2548
4
Chhattisgarh
3669
7321
636
0
5
Delhi
-
-
18576
0
6
Gujarat
150487
207973
15945
16282
7
Haryana
22664
17471
28073
3988
8
Himachal Pradesh
2300
2942
2156
0
9
Jammu and Kashmir
11274
16872
1139
0
10
Jharkhand
63684
14661
4123
0
11
Karnataka
89796
113429
20793
2479
12
Kerala
1182
0
0
1583
13
Madhya Pradesh
91454
32812
57688
9063
14
Maharashtra
66370
127996
54230
12077
15
Orissa
54390
38288
36522
5363
16
Punjab
16802
6433
15664
9937
17
Rajasthan
93055
261871
43184
7826
18
Tamil Nadu
0
13880
3471
0
19
Uttarakhand
14810
7239
3219
2103
20
Uttar Pradesh
1012294
546320
147820
68899
21
West Bengal
357265
134657
31946
27716
all India
2511101
1727271
            546897     
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