16-April-2012,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National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme in 266 districts of the country for rehabilitation of children rescued/withdrawn from work. Under the Project, children withdrawn from work are enrolled in the special schools, where they are provided with bridge education, vocational training, nutrition, stipend, health care, etc.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:
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.
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 | 3 | Nagaon, Kamrup and Lakhimpur | |
3 | 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 and Bhagalpur | |
4 | Chhattisgarh | 7 | Durg, Bilaspur, Rajnandgaon, Surguja, Raigarh, |
5 | 9 | ||
6 | Haryana | 3 | Gurgaon, |
7 | Jammu & Kashmir | 2 | |
8 | Jharkhand | 8 | Garwah, Sahibganj, Dumka, Pakur, |
9 | Karnataka | 15 | Bijapur, Raichur, Dharwad, |
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 | 15 | Solapur, Thane, Sangli, Jalgaon, Nandurbar,Nanded, | |
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, Nayagarh andSundergarh. |
14 | 3 | Jalandhar, | |
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 andBarmer, Dausa, Hanumangarh, Kota, Baran. |
16 | Tamil Nadu | 17 | Chidambaranar (Tuticorin), |
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 | 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 | 1 | NCT of | |
Total | 266 |