Patna, November 05: The Bihar government has launched a new plan for rehabilitation of child labourers, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said today.
“Under the action plan, specific steps for schooling, motivation, awareness and stringent enforcement of law will be taken for release and rehabilitation of child labourers,” Modi said.
He expressed dissatisfaction over the manner in which the centrally-sponsored scheme, National Child Labour Project (NCLP), was being executed in the state.
To ensure proper utilisation of funds, Modi asked the Centre to send the money allocated for the scheme to the state government instead of directly sending it to the districts .
The state government should be given the authority to formulate its own schemes, he said adding that proper utilisation of NCLP funds meant setting up special schools for the rescued child labourers.
–PTI