A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS REGARDING THE PRACTICE OF BONDED LABOUR IN INDIA
Authors – HARDIK JAYAL & SHREYA SINGH THAKUR
Students of Symbiosis Law School , Hyderabad
Best Citation – HARDIK JAYAL & SHREYA SINGH THAKUR, A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS REGARDING THE PRACTICE OF BONDED LABOUR IN INDIA, 1 ILE LLR 1, 2022
Abstract One of India’s many social issues is bonded labour. A number of factors, such as the caste system, improper and uneven land reforms, and political and judicial corruption, led to this social evil not being properly reformed in Indian Society even during the 21st Century. In India, bonded labour is still widely prominent in a number of sectors, including agriculture, the unorganised and informal sector, and child labour. The removal of Bonded Labour and the rehabilitative element was crucially dependent on the Supreme Court. Other organisations in India, such as the National Institute of Rural Development, the National Human Rights Commission, and the Centre for Education and Communication, have bonded labour on their agendas. In addition to these efforts, people must change their attitudes toward society’s weaker groups. The following paper seeks to understand and account for the reasons why issues such as bonded labour carry so little traction within Indian Society and how this can be explained through socio-economic lines and unrestricted capitalistic practices. The paper also documents how cases of bonded labour change across state lines and sectors, evolving from basic agricultural bonded labour in rural societies and existing in unorganised industrial sectors in urban areas. Furthermore, the Paper also talk about the measures undertaken by international organisations such as ILO (International Labour Organisation) as well as the statues which are currently in place which prohibit these practices.