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The government is determined to put and end to the heinous practice of child labour, and is following a multi-pronged strategy to meet this goal, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya informed the Lok Sabha today.A list containing number of inspections and prosecutions under Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 during the last three years was also presented by the government for the year 2014, which was topped by Tamil Nadu with 14,6249 inspections, followed by Karnataka with 32,486 and Punjab with 17,752 inspections, respectively, he said in a written reply.In terms of prosecution made during the year, Bihar tops the list with 910, followed by Andhra Pradesh with 874 and Punjab registering 485, respectively.The number of child workers in the age group of 5-14 years in the country is 43.53 lakh as per 2011 Census, which includes 26.64 lakh males and 16.89 lakh females. However, the occupation wise data from Census 2011 was not available, the Minister said.''The strategy employed by the government towards rooting out child labour includes statutory and legislative measures, rehabilitation of children withdrawn from work through specific scheme and universal elementary education along with convergence with other schemes for socio-economic development,'' Mr Dattatreya informed the House.
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government, India, Child Labour, Minister of state for labour,Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Bihar, prosecution, Andhra Pradesh
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