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Project on child labour- it's laws and implimentations

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Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Ministry of Labour & Employment

24-August-2012 16:59 IST

Steps to Implement The Child Labour Protection Act

The Ministry of Labour & Employment has carried out 13,60,117 inspections and launched 49092 prosecutions under the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act sinceare launched and 4774 employers convicted which includes enforcement data on domestic child labour.

Child Labour is an outcome of various socio-economic problems such as poverty, economic backwardness and illiteracy, being addressed in the National Child Labour Policy announced in 1987. The action plan under this policy is multi-pronged and mainly consists of:

• Legislative Action Plan

• Focus on general development programmes for the benefit of the families of child labour; and

• Project-based action in areas of high concentration of child labour.

In pursuance of this policy, the Government is implementing National Child Labour Project (NCLP) in 266 districts of the country for rehabilitation of children rescued/withdrawn from work. Under the Project, children rescued/withdrawn from work are enrolled in the special schools, where they are provided with bridge education, vocational training, nutrition, stipend, health care, etc. before being mainstreamed into formal education system.

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