Question : CHILD LABOUR IN AUTOMOBILE WORKSHOP IN DELHI



(a) whether despite the enactment of several laws to prohibit the employment of child labour there are rampant violation of such Acts;

(b) if so, whether the automobile repair workshops in Delhi are employing child labour below the age of 14 and these child labour are subjected to do straneous jobs, work under polluted surroundings and long hours of duties;

(c) if so, whether the Government have conducted any survey to ascertain the exact number of child labour employed in automobile repair workshops in Delhi;

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(e) the action taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to save those children from exploitations ?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR (SHRI ASHOK PRADHAN)


(a) to (e): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.