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22/07/22 16:53 PM IST

National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme

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  • No data has been obtained for child labour under the NCLP scheme in the country.
NCLP Scheme 
  • Children in the age group of 9-14 years, are enrolled in the NCLP Special Training Centres, where they are provided with bridge education, vocational training, stipend, mid-day meal, health care, etc. before being mainstreamed into the formal education system.
  • “Child labour” is defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development.
  • Last year, a study by UNDP and Coca-cola company said that there is still ambiguity in the definition of child labour.
Provision related to Child Labour 
  • Provisions of Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016: employment of children below the age of 14 years in any commercial enterprise is illegal. However, it allows child labour in “family or family enterprises”.
  • Article 23: Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour.
  • Article 24: No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed in work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment.
  • Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015:It includes the working child in the category of children in need of care and protection, without any limitation of age or type of occupation.
  • Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour (PENCIL) Portal 2017: for effective implementation of the NCLP scheme
  • International commitment: India has ratified the International Labour Organizations Convention (ILO) no 138 (minimum age for employment) and Convention no 182(worst forms of child labour).
Source- PIB 

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