Today 1.84 crore people are exploited as bonded labour in a system that was legally abolished over 50 years ago. #EndBondedLabour
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At least 12 workers, including 10 minors from Pakur and other districts of Jharkhand’s Santhal Pargana, were rescued from an agro-food company in West Bengal.
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The labourers were reportedly brought to the unit from different parts of Jharkhand. The rescued child was sent to a rehabilitation centre run by the Labour Department in Raiganj.
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India has taken a significant step to strengthen ethical trade by banning the import of goods that are produced using forced labour.
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The continuation of bonded labour challenges India’s socio-economic progress. True development is measured not just by industrial output, but by the safety, dignity, and freedom guaranteed to the most vulnerable worker in the informal economy.
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Every child deserves a classroom, not a workplace 🎒
Report incidents of child labour instantly through the NAJIVAN Portal and help ensure every child gets the education they deserve.
Report the incident through the Navjivan Portal at navjivan.labour.gov.in
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बंधुआ मजदूरों के पुनर्वास हेतु केन्द्रीय क्षेत्र योजना-2021 के तहत, पुनर्वास के प्रत्येक मामले में ₹30,000 तक की तत्काल वित्तीय सहायता प्रदान की जाती है।
अधिक जानकारी के लिए navjivan.labour.gov.in पर विजिट करें
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Beaten and starved: Shock in India as police rescue men from bonded labour
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Bonded labour was legally abolished 50 years ago. Yet, activists estimate that lakhs of workers in Punjab remain trapped in debt-linked labour arrangements.
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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) reacted sharply over the alleged incident of forced bonded labour in Muzaffarnagar
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The Haryana government has directed all deputy commissioners, district magistrates, and other field officers to ensure strict implementation of the revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Government of India
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Children of rescued bonded labourers are studying in school with a few enrolled in colleges, which is no small feat, activists opine
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Eighteen bonded labourers, including two children, were rescued from a brick kiln at Bevinahalli village in T. Narasipura taluk of Mysuru district
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Owner, who lent Rs 30,000 10 years ago to workers, told them their debt had gone up to Rs 1 lakh.
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The two workers from Gajapati were allegedly confined and denied wages for days before Odisha and Andhra Pradesh police coordinated their rescue from Tirupati.
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The court-mandated plan covers every stage, from rescue to reintegration, for survivors of sex trafficking. Activists call for State-level action to implement the Supreme Court’s new victim protection framework
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Manikanta was grievously injured in a sickle attack on June 12 evening, just eight days after assisting authorities in rescuing four bonded labourers from a stone-cutting unit in Anantapur district.
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India’s informal economy employs roughly 90% of its workforce, contributes about 45% of GDP, and operates almost entirely outside the reach of effective labour law.
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Fifteen years after Anti-Human Trafficking Units were envisioned as India’s frontline institutional response to trafficking.
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Following a coordinated operation by the West Bengal Police, Gurgaon Police, the district administration in Gurgaon, and civil society organisations, she was finally rescued on Saturday, officers said.
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Sanjog India report flags poor inter-state coordination and overstretched police machinery across 827 units. AHTU functionality remains asymmetrical across India, it adds.
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