Schemes for Child Labourers

Under the technical co-operation programme, a Project on child labour titled “Converging against Child Labour : Support for India’s Model” is being implemented in 10 districts in 5 states in collaboration with ILO/IPEC. The project is being funded by USDOL. It is being implemented in two districts each in Bihar (Sitamarhi, Katihar), Jharkhand (Ranchi, Sahibganj), Madhya Pradesh (Jabalpur, Ujjain), Gujarat (Vadodra, Surat) & Orissa (Kalahandi and Cuttack). The Project has been formally launched on 31st July, 2010. The main objective of the project is withdrawing and preventing 19000 children (between 5-14 years) from hazardous work. The target children will benefit from a range of educational and training opportunities plus monitoring and tracking. About 2,000 working adolescents (from 14 through 17 years of age) will benefit from opportunities for training, awareness raising and links to employment. Some 5,000 target families will receive support and training to improve their incomes. Other families will indirectly benefit by being linked to poverty alleviation schemes and improved home-based production processes that no longer involve children.     

The Project is funded by United States, Department of Labour with contribution of US $6,850,000. The Government of India contribution is in kind in the form of National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme and other participating schemes.

The duration of the project is 42 months.