Consider the following statement:
1. The nation-wide scheme of the National Child Labour Projects (NCLP) is run Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
2. Gurupadswamy Committee dealt with the issue of child labour.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A
1 only
B
2 only
C
Both 1 and 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer: Option B
Explanation
1. Statement 1 is incorrect. The nation-wide scheme of the National Child Labour Projects (NCLP) is run by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, not the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
2. Statement 2 is correct. The Gurupadswamy Committee was constituted in 1979 to study the problem of child labour and recommended measures to tackle it.