Malawi'’s agricultural sector is critical to its economy, employing around 77% of the population and accounting for 23% of gross domestic product (GDP). The majority of workers in agriculture are smallholder farmers, many of whom cultivate less than one hectare of land. Despite its importance, the sector faces significant challenges, …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourers, 03/07/2019. Funds to the tune of Rs. 1178.70 Lakhs was released for rehabilitation of 11,296 rescued Bonded Labourers under the Central Sector Scheme for the Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourers since the scheme is introduced in May, 2016 and the funds …
Women and children in India’s flood-hit eastern region are at risk of being preyed upon by human traffickers and sold into slavery in middle class homes, restaurants and shops, and even brothels, aid workers warned on Friday. Heavy monsoon rains have caused rivers including the Ganges and its tributaries to …
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost 60 percent of countries are at high risk of using slave labour in their supply chains, according to a new global index launched on Thursday, which also ranked North Korea as having the worst record of slave labour in the world. By assessing incidents …
LAHORE: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) has approved an amount of Rs 6009.793 million for the elimination of child and bonded labour under an integrated project. The project is being launched for promotion of "Decent Work for Vulnerable Workers" in Punjab, a senior official of the Planning and Development …
The Supreme Court (SC) today directed Haryana to file a status report on the rehabilitation of 309 mine workers rescued from bonded labour. A Bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam directed Additional Advocate General Manjit Singh Dalal to ensure that the report was filed before the next hearing in …
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 5: The district and sessions court of Mirpurkhas ordered release of 15 bonded labourers belonging to Kot Ghulam Mohammad taluka after recording their statements on Tuesday. Sawan Kolhi had filed an application in the court a few days ago complaining that his 15 relatives had been kept in …
This paper provides an ethnographic account of the changing facets of marginality for the Musahars of Uttar Pradesh. It takes a close look at how their identity is shaped by the resistance of those at the margins, by politics, and by interventions on the part of external agencies. The research …
New Delhi: If you have a domestic help below the age of 14 years, then the authorities may soon visit your house and send her to school. The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Centre and states to conduct a countrywide drive to identify children below 14 years engaged as …
In the shadow of India’s growing economy, labour bondage continues for many Sahariya labourers in Baran district, Rajasthan. Some of them, however, have rebelled against their masters and attempted to break their shackles. This article presents the findings of a recent investigation of their living conditions as well as of …
Dhanbad, Jan. 29: More than 2,000 people displaced by the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) marched to Maithon’s BSK College Ground, 45 km from the district headquarter, today to take part in a public meeting organised by Adivasi Mahasabha, an organisation that has been fighting for the rights of the displaced …
LIVING a legally non-existent life for more than six decades, the Taungya forest-dwellers in Gorakhpur and Maharajganj districts of Uttar Pradesh finally got their share of rights on forestland. On July 25, state forest minister Fateh Bahadur Singh distributed land titles to 651 Taungya families in six villages of the …
Taungyas have lived in Uttar Pradesh for decades but law does not recognise them. They have hope from the Forest rights Act 2006 in getting legal identity, as it recognises the traditional rights of scheduled tribes and other forest-dwellers on forest land and resources. Taungyas have lived in Uttar Pradesh …
McDonald saheb, Qureshi saheb, Jivan Singh, Aadal Singh, Udham Singh …. Eighty-yearold Lakshmi Nishad rattles off all the names she remembers of the forest officers who have served in the Gorakhpur range. The display of memory is a desperate attempt to prove that she has lived all her life in …
Bhubaneswar Bindhani has not heard of a UNDP Human Development Report Paper, ‘Migration and Human Development’. It is quite likely the authors of the 2009 report did not take note of the fortunes of this resident of Nuagaon village in Odisha’s Nuapada district when they wrote, “migration fosters development of …
This paper aims to understand the implications of implementing the Saxena Committee’s recommendations in respect of identifying the poor in India. Relative to the one currently in use, the application of the proposed methodology appears to be more beneficial in general to social groups such as scheduled tribes, most backward …
Thirty-nine people, said to be bonded labourers, were rescued during a raid on a quarry at Vittal near here on Wednesday. Freedom: Workers and children rescued from a quarry at Vittal near Mangalore on Wednesday. dh photoThe labourers included 11 men, as many women and 17 children. The district administration …
The High Court yesterday asked the government to eliminate usury against bonded child labour carried out in the coastal areas victimising fishermen. Delivering the judgment upon a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) writ petition on children's rights and health hazards, a vacation division bench comprising Justice Imman Ali and Justice Obaidul …
Amid growing concerns over the impact of the economic downturn, the International Labour Office (ILO) warned in a new study called 'Accelerating action against Child Labour' that efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour are slowing down and called for a
New Delhi, April 15: New forms of bonded labour are being practiced in several parts of the country according to a survey conducted by the National Campaign Committee for unorganised sector workers (NCC-USW) and released in the capital on Wednesday. A new Sumangali system where hundreds of young women are …
