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Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
26-April-2012 17:00 IST
Financial Assistance to NGOS

 

            The Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has informed the Rajya Sabha  that the Government of India provides financial assistance to NGOs every financial year for carrying out action oriented programmes for the benefit of child labour and women labour. The details of the financial assistance to NGOs is at Annex-I.

 

            The types of activities for which financial assistance is given to NGOs is at Annex-II.

 

            As per 2001 Census, the total number of working children between the age group of 5-14 years in the country was 1.26 crore.  However, as per NSSO Survey 2009-10, the working children had been estimated at 49.84 lakh which show declining trend.  Thus implementation of the scheme has yielded positive results. 

 

            The scheme on women labour has supported 21 organisation in 2010-11 as against 39 in 2011-12,     while the number of women labour benefitted from these campaigns increased from 29,850 to 52630  primarily in un-organised sector.

 

The Minister was replying to a written question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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Annex-I

 

A.    Grant-in-aid released to NGOs for the benefit of child labour:

 

Year

Fund released

No of NGOs

2009-10

Rs. 1 crore

30

2010-11

Rs. 88.94  lakh (approx.)

20

2011-12

73.73 lakh (approx.)

18

 

B.    Grant-in-aid released to NGOs for the welfare of women labour:

 

Year

Fund released

No of NGOs

2009-10

Rs. 15.03 lakhs

20

2010-11

Rs. 13.51 lakhs

21

2011-12

Rs. 15.27 lakh

39

 

Annex-II

 

Grant-in-aid released to NGOs for the benefit of Child Labour

 

For rehabilitation of child labour, the NGOs identifies children working in the hazardous occupations and processes and enroll them in the special schools run by them with the financial assistance granted by Ministry of Labour & Employment.  In the special schools, children are imparted bridge education for a period of three years.  During their stay in special schools, the children are also provided Mid-day-Meal, stipend and monthly medical check up etc. After their education in the special schools, the children are finally mainstreamed in the formal education system in the age appropriate class.  The financial assistance is provided to NGOs to the extent of 75% of the project cost for elimination of child labour in the districts which are not covered under the National Child Labour Project (NCLP).

 

Grant-in-aid released to NGOs for the welfare of Women Labour

 

The Grant-in-aid scheme for women labour is also being operated through NGOs, under which financial assistance is provided to an extent of 75% of the project cost for taking up action oriented project, for undertaking awareness generation campaign in relation to organizing working women, educating them about their rights and duties, legal aid to working women and conducting seminars and workshops to raise the consciousness of society about the problems of women labour.

 

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