(a) whether the number of child labour has trippled by the
end of the year 2000 as per an assessment made by the existing
Labour Bureau and Planning Commission; and
(b) if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard?
(a) whether the number of child labour has trippled by the
end of the year 2000 as per an assessment made by the existing
Labour Bureau and Planning Commission; and
(b) if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT ( SHRI MUNI LALL )
(a): No, Sir.
(b): Authentic figures of child labour are generated by the
decennial Census and the National Sample Survey Organisation
(NSSO). The number of child labourers as per 1991 Census is 1.12
crore. The NSS Survey on employment and unemployment conducted
in 1999-2000 (55th Round) gives the estimates of child labour as
1.04 crore. The Planning Commission also uses the above figures.
The Labour Bureau has not made any assessment about
tripling of the number of child labourers by the end of 2000.