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SC issues notices to Centre on PIL seeking ban on employment of children in orchestras, spasThe Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre, NCPCR, and NHRC regarding a PIL. The petition seeks a complete ban on employing childre...
Ancestors borrowed money once… their children, grandchildren & great-grandchildren paid price for 130 years, until stranger arrived as saviour. Emotional videoPakistan bonded labour: A Pakistani family has been freed from nearly 130 years of bonded labour. Humanitarian Aaron Hutchings facilitated ...
UAE ratifies International Forced Labour ProtocolThe UAE has ratified the ILO Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, becoming the sixty-third country globally to do so. This act...
Chinese workers found in 'slavery-like conditions' at BYD construction site in BrazilBrazilian officials discovered 163 Chinese workers in "slavery-like conditions" at a BYD factory construction site in Bahia. The workers we...
Nearly 200 UK care firms with migrant staff violated labour rules: ReportResearch revealed that nearly 200 British social care providers permitted to hire foreign workers had a history of labor violations. These ...
Government revamps scheme for rehabilitation of bonded labourers“The revised scheme shall be a central sector scheme and shall come into effect from January 27, 2022. The state government shall not be re...
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Pandemic pushes vulnerable children into debt trapsThough there are no exact numbers, activists fear the number of children in debt bondage has grown alarmingly since March 2020, when India ...
Indian indentured labourers' a story of success: DiplomatAs many as 3.5 million Indians were transported to various colonies of European powers to provide labour, mainly for sugar plantations.
US continues to put India in tier-2 in trafficking reportIndia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, the State Department said but acknowledged significant ...
Millions believed to be victims of sex trafficking in India: ReportThe latest report said that the Indian government does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it...
Labour ministry proposes a 15-fold increase in rehabilitation cost of bonded labourersThe rehabilitation cost per labour under the scheme is equally borne between the Centre and state. It was last revised in 1999.
Indian-American trafficking victim appointed to key US postUS President Barack Obama has nominated an Indian-American, a victim of human trafficking, to a key administration post that deals with the...
Labour ministry proposes fifteen-fold jump in rehabilitation cost of bonded labourersThe labour ministry has proposed a massive increase in rehabilitation cost of bonded labourers from Rs 20,000 to up to Rs 3 lakh, a fifteen...
Government may propose 15-fold increase in rehabilitation cost of bonded labourersThe labour ministry may soon propose a 15-fold increase in the rehabilitation cost of bonded labourers to up to Rs 3,00,000.
- India tops global slavery index with 14.3 million people enslaved
The Global Slavery Index 2014, published by the Walk Free Foundation in Perth in Australia, said India and Pakistan account for 45 per cent...
US Congressional resolution introduced to condemn untouchabilityAn influential American lawmaker has introduced a resolution in the US Congress asking India, Nepal and other South Asian countries to end ...
Bonded Labour System still a realityEven 37 years after Parliament passed the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, the abominable practice still exists.
Root of loveDebt has a hoary history not just in Artha, wealth and finance, but also in Moksha, liberation or salvation.
- Develop a comprehensive anti-trafficking law: US tells India
US asks India to develop a comprehensive anti-trafficking law and increase prosecutions to combat such crimes.
- US puts India, China on watch list over human trafficking
The United States has placed India and China on watch list for not doing enough to fight human trafficking and claimed that part of the eno...