Financial Assistance To NGOs

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2298

ANSWERED ON-25.04.2012

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

(a)whether Government has provided any financial assistance to Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs) for taking up action programmes/projects for the benefit of Child Labour and Women Labour during the last three years;
(b)if so, the details thereof;
(c)the type of activities for which financial assistance has been given to NGOs;
(d)whether Government has achieved the desired results; and
(e)if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE)

(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. The Government of India provides financial assistance to NGOs every financial year for carrying out action oriented programmes for the benefit of child labour and women labour. The details of the financial assistance to NGOs is at Annex-I.

(c): The types of activities for which financial assistance is given to NGOs is at Annex-II.

(d) & (e): As per 2001 Census, the total number of working children between the age group of 5-14 years in the country was 1.26 crore. However, as per NSSO Survey 2009-10, the working children had been estimated at 49.84 lakh which show declining trend. Thus implementation of the scheme has yielded positive results.
The scheme on women labour has supported 21 organisation in 2010-11 as against 39 in 2011-12, while the number of women labour benefitted from these campaigns increased from 29,850 to 52630 primarily in un-organised sector.

ANNEXURE

A. Grant-in-aid released to NGOs for the benefit of child labour:

Year	Fund released	No of NGOs
2009-10	Rs. 1 crore	30
2010-11	Rs. 88.94  lakh (approx.)	20
2011-12	73.73 lakh (approx.)	18

B.Grant-in-aid released to NGOs for the welfare of women labour:

Year	Fund released	No of NGOs
2009-10	Rs. 15.03 lakhs	20
2010-11	Rs. 13.51 lakhs	21
2011-12	Rs. 15.27 lakh	39

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