The Labour Department’s policy note tabled in the Assembly said that during the last five years, 245 child labourers have been rescued in Tamil Nadu: while 100 of them have been admitted in special schools, 77 have been handed over to Child Welfare Committees. The remaining 68 have been entrusted to their parents. Under the National Child Labour Project, 18,415 children were mainstreamed from the special schools in the last five years and over 3,700 children benefitted from the cash assistance given by the State government during the last four academic years.
