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Under the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, the appropriate Government must constitute the Child and Adolescent Labour Rehabilitation Fund. At what level is this Fund constituted?

The Fund is constituted in every district or for two or more districts together. The appropriate Government sets it up, and fines realised from employers of children and adolescents within that jurisdiction are credited to it. The Act does not provide for a single national Fund.

  1. AOne national Fund for the whole of India only
  2. BIn every district or for two or more districtsCorrect
  3. COne Fund for each State capital only
  4. DOne Fund for every establishment found employing a child

Explanation

Section 14B(1) requires the appropriate Government to constitute a Fund in every district or for two or more districts. The fine realised from employers within that jurisdiction is credited to it. A single national Fund is not what the section provides.

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