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The Ministry of Labour & Employment has so far filed affidavits in the Supreme Court for five times on the status of the implementation of the directions of the Apex Court on Child Labour. The last affidavit was filed on December 4, 2003.
Since 1997-78, till 2002-03, under the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986, 17.41 lakh inspections were carried out and 93,493 violations were detected resulting in 33,000 prosecutions and 14,564 convictions.
Child Labour Rehabilitation-cum-Welfare Fund has been set up in all the States where child labour exists in hazardous occupations. Since 1997-98, till 2002-03, an amount of Rs. 1.32 crores has been recovered as compensation from the offending employers, Rs. 3.42 crores as contribution of the State Governments in the Child Labour Rehabilitation-cum-Welfare Fund and the total corpus of the Fund is Rs. 7.34 crores. The fund is being used by the State Governments for the Welfare of the working children and their families.
Special Cell for Child Labour has been set up in all the States and Union Territories where child labour exists, except Uttaranchal.
This was stated by the labour and Employment Minister, Shri K. Chandrasekhar Rao in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
MLD:LK: Labour 148 () (10.3)
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