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Rescued child workers not paid stipend for five years
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Stating that non-payment of monthly stipend of ₹ 400 to children studying in the Special Training Centres (STCs) under the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) for the past five years is discouraging the children, Service Unit for Development Activities in Rural (SUDAR), an NGO, has urged the Central government to release the payments.
In a letter submitted to K. Subbarayan, Tiruppur MP, its Director S.C. Natraj said child workers under 14 years were rescued and admitted to the centres run by NGOs in the district from 2005. Currently, there were 15 centres in the district with 300 plus students functioning at Kadambur, Bargur, Sathyamangalam and Talavadi areas.
Labour ministry should delve into constraints impeding optimal fund utilisation: Parliamentary panel indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has asked the labour ministry to look into the reasons for not being able to ensure optimal utilisation of funds made available during the coronavirus-induced pandemic. The report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour on the Demands for Grants for 2021-22 was tabled in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
The panel said though the ministry’s expenditure for the current fiscal was bumped up on account of the newly-launched Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY), the government could only spend about 52.8% of the funds till February 15.
The report also said two new schemes, the PMGKY and Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) were launched with the intention to cater to the needs of people during the pandemic and emphasised that the ministry must make “accurate budgetary estimates” before seeking supplementary allocations.