Question : EVALUATION OF NCLP



(a) whether the Government have done evaluation of NCLP; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF OCEAN DEVELOPMENT (DR. MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI)


(a)&(b) As per information received from Ministry of Labour, Evaluation of identified NCLPs has been undertaken by identified evaluation agencies, inter-ministerial teams and through periodical reports and reviews at the Centre, State and District levels. A Central Monitoring Committee, under the Chairmanship of Labour Secretary, has also been set up for the overall supervision, monitoring and evaluation of the NCLPs. The working of child labour projects has recently been reviewed in a National Conference on Child Labour held in January, 2001. Large scale evaluation have shown that the magnitude of the child labour problem can be considerably reduced through the rehabilitation measures by the projects.