BONDED GIRL LABOURERS IN AP
As per the directions
of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Writ Petition No. 465/86
dated 10.12.1996, a survey was conducted during the year 1997
for identification of child labour in hazardous and non-hazardous
employment. No girl child bonded labourers were found in Andhra
Pradesh during the above mentioned survey.
During the year
2002 as per the information received from the Government of Andhra
Pradesh only two child bonded labourers were detected in Andhra
Pradesh. They were released and rehabilitated and prosecution
was launched against the offenders.
As per the information
received from the Government of Andhra Pradesh, it is not correct
to say that 2,47,800 children were employed in the Cotton fields.
However, during the year 2000, through a special drive, 2951 girl
child labourers were detected in Cotton fields in the State.
Bonded Labourers
including child-bonded labourers freed from bondage are rehabilitated
under the Centrally sponsored Scheme and other poverty alleviation
programmes being implemented in states. In addition, two Schemes
exclusively for the benefit of children withdrawn from work namely,
the Scheme of National Child Labour Projects (NCLPs) and Grant-in-Air
to voluntary organizations, have been launched. Under the Scheme
of NCLPs, 100 National Child Labour Projects have been started
in 13 child labour endemic states to provide formal/non-formal
education, occupational training, stipend, nutrition, health care
etc. for the children withdrawn from work..
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Labour and Parliamentary
Affairs Shri Santosh Gangwar in the Rajya Sabha today.
