National Child Labor Proiects (NCLP)
Under the action plan of the National Policy on Child Labor, there have been National Child Labor Projects (NCLP) set up in different areas to rehabilitate child labor. A major activity undertaken under the NCLP is the establishment of special schools to provide non-formal education, vocational training, supplementary nutrition etc. to children withdrawn from employment. Under the project based action plan of the policy, 12 NCLPs were started in the States of Andhra Pradesh (Jaggampet and Markapur), Bihar (Garwah), Madhya Pradesh (Mandsaur), Maharashtra (Thane), Orissa (Sambalpur), Rajasthan (Jaipur), Tamil Nadu (Sivakasi) and Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi-Mirzapur-Bhadohi,, Moradabad, Aligarh and Ferozabad).
Child Labor Technical Advisory Committee
Under Section 5 of the Child Labor (P&R) Act 1986, the Government of India is empowered to constitute a Child Labor Technical Advisory Committee for the purpose of addition of occupation and processes in the Schedule to the Act. The Committee consists of a Chairman and members not exceeding ten. The Committee has been reconstituted on February 5,,1996 under the chairmanship of Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research.
The National Child Labor Policy
Increasing attention is now being paid to strengthening the enforcement machinery related to child labor. Soon after the enactment of the comprehensive Child Labor (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986, the Government of India adopted a National Child Labor policy in 1987, in accordance with the constitutional provisions and various legislation on child labor. The idea of adopting a separate policy on child labor was not only to place the issue on the nation’s agenda, but also to formulate a specific program of action to initiate the process of progressive elimination of child labor.