Question : NATIONAL CHILD LABOUR PROJECTS



(a) whether Government propose to set up 30 new National Child Labour Project; and

(b) if so, the details thereof, location-wise?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT ( SHRI MUNI LALL )

(a) to (b): Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in its meeting held on 20.1.99 approved continuance of the scheme of National Child Labour Projects (NCLP`s) during the Ninth Five Year Plan and also approved increase in the number of projects from 76 to 100.
At present 92 National Child Labour Projects are in operation in 10 Child Labour endemic States. 16 new National Child Labour Projects sanctioned after the CCEA meeting are Adilabad & Mahboobnagar ( Andhra Pradesh ), Dharwad ( Karnataka ), Gwalior ( M.P.), Cuttack and Balasore ( Orissa ), Ajmer, Tonk & Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Tirunelvelli (Tamil Nadu), Saharanpur, Kanpur Nagar, Azamgarh, Allahabad, Bulandshahar ( Uttar Pradesh ) and Murshidabad ( West Bengal ).