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Most rescued bonded labourers person not received compensation oregon basal rehabilitation support, and mostly beryllium to the marginalised caste groups, according to a study released connected Friday.
Titled ‘Migrant Bonded Labour successful India’, the study was released by the National Campaign Committee for the Eradication of Bonded Labour (NCCEBL) astatine the Press Club of India successful New Delhi.
As per the report, 63% of workers rescued aft 2016 did not person adjacent the interim question assistance mandated instantly upon rescue. Despite eligibility for ₹2 lakh, much than fractional the rescued children (53.8%) and one-third of rescued women (33%) received nary compensation astatine all. Only 1 pistillate received an magnitude betwixt ₹1 lakh and ₹2 lakh. Not a azygous antheral responsive received the ₹1 lakh compensation owed to them. Rehabilitation is provided lone aft a merchandise certificate is issued.
Under the Central Sector Scheme for the Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourers 2016, an big antheral is entitled to ₹1 lakh, women and children to ₹2 lakh, and individuals belonging to utmost cases – including transgender persons, survivors of intersexual exploitation, oregon persons with disabilities – to ₹3 lakh.
The caste illustration of rescued migrant labourers besides emerged arsenic a stark pattern. All surveyed workers belonged to marginalised castes – 63% from Scheduled Castes, 13% from Scheduled Tribes, and 24% from Other Backward Classes. None belonged to the wide category. “These figures amusement that bonded labour successful India is not conscionable an economical issue, but a structural result of the caste system,” said the study based connected testimonies from astir 950labourers. It is authored by Nirmal Gorana, Pankhuri Agarwal, Preethi Krishnan, Aishwarya Thanigaivel, and Vinayak Krishnan.
(Anashwara R contributed to this report)
