(a) whether during last year the ILO Chief visited the child
labour projects being implemented in India;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the details of the MoU signed extending India`s participation
in the international programme on elimination of child labour?
MINISTER OF LABOUR (DR. SATYANARAYAN JATIYA)
(a) to (c) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO.513 FOR ANSWER ON 23/04/2001
REGARDING CHILD LABOUR PROJECTS BY SHRI DILEEP SANGHANI.
(a) & (b) : As per the information received from the ILO, DG, ILO
visited in February, 2000 a child labour project in East Delhi, being
implemented by an NGO, Jigyansu Tribal Research Centre, where
non-formal education was being provided to rag picking children.
(c) : The extension of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between the Ministry of Labour, Government of India and the ILO
expired on 31.12.1999. Further extension of MOU was signed on
17.02.2000, in the presence of the DG, ILO, extending the life of the
International Programme for Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) for two
years up to 31st December, 2001 in the first instance and thereafter
for one year, ending 31st December, 2002, by mutual agreement.