Andhra Pradesh Sees Significant Decline in Child Labour Cases: Officials

Speedy Summary

• sharp Decline in Child Labor Cases: Andhra Pradesh reported a drop in child labour cases from 1,040 (2023) to 584 (2024), and further to 291 (2025).

– Hazardous sectors: Cases decreased from 63 (2023) to 24 (2024) and further reduced to 15 (2025).
– Non-hazardous establishments: Declined from 977 (2023) to 560 (2024), eventually reaching 276 in 2025.

• Financial Rehabilitation: Rescued children received back wage disbursements totaling ₹17.35 lakh in 2023, ₹14.80 lakh in 2024, and ₹4.82 lakh in 2025.

• Legal Enforcement Actions Against Employers: Penalties for employers amounted to:

– ₹20,000 per case, totaling ₹4.4 lakh collected for violations reported in 22 cases during the year of 2023.
– ₹16 cases handled with fines amounting of Rs.₹₹ *(final interperting upper making clearer ) After going `60