National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 23 July 2023

National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme

✓The Union Ministry of Labour & Employment has been implementing the scheme for the rehabilitation of child labourers through District Project Societies under the chairmanship of the District Magistrate.

✓Under the scheme, the children in the age group of 9-14 years are rescued/withdrawn from work and enrolled in the NCLP Special Training Centres (STCs), where they are provided with – Bridge education,

Vocational training,

Mid-day meals, stipend, health care, etc. before being mainstreamed into the formal education system.

✓The NCLP scheme has now been subsumed under Samagara Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).