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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