Open House Discussion on NHRC bonded and migrant labor

Sunny Shah

New Delhi, June 08, 201 9

Bonded and migrant felt NHRC Open House discussion of participants on labor that the root cause of this threat is agricultural crisis that needs to be addressed on a priority in the country. It was also suggested that clean a letter to the Chief Ministers from the Prime Minister on the lines of the Mission Mode missions such as India campaign will help to prioritize this issue.

Earlier, while expressing grave concern at the continuation of this problem, NHRC member, Mr Justice PC Pant said in his opening remarks that requires a preventive approach to eliminate forced labor, because it 1 9 76 Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act of since various new forms and dimensions with the changing times and businesses apply is achieved.

Justice Pant said bonded labor contracts are not purely economic in India; They are in many areas such as agriculture, silk, mining, match production and brick kiln industries is strengthened by custom or force. He said that all ministries, agencies, trade unions and must be addressed to migrant workers issues to strengthen inter-state coordination mechanism involving NGOs, which can become bonded laborers.

DR. D. M. Mule, to strengthen implementation of the member, NHRC said Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act, it may be necessary that the working people under the bonded labor as a contraceptive. This is contributing to the spread of risk is necessary to highlight all the elements.

Mrs. jyotika Kalra, member, NHRC said that has worked very actively the NHRC taking cognizance of complaints regarding forced labor. He suggested that non-governmental organizations to the Commission by geo-tagged photographs showing forced labor should try to send the complaint online. Online complaints are easy for quick processing, monitoring and effective action to catch criminals.

Mr. Jaideep Govind, Secretary General, NHRC said that the inability of social and economic marginalization of vulnerable groups and exit from their respective groups makes them particularly vulnerable to forced labor and human trafficking. In addition, he said, produces huge power imbalance in informal and lack of labor regulations in unregulated areas of employer-labor relations and workers increases vulnerability to exploitation. Therefore, involving all stakeholders, community-based movements and grassroots awareness is an urgent need for concerted efforts, including the campaign.

Despite the Labor and Employment Ministry Joint Secretary Shri Ajay Tiwari said that efforts in the way of effective implementation of the Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act, there are still many challenges. Some of these are:

High Pendensi, MP, TN, Maharashtra hit S.21 by High Courts, concerns over double jeopardy, release mismatch of names on the certificate and Bank A / C, rehabilitation connected guilty of summary trials to almost zero decorate, DM level. District Machinery / vigilance committees of low sensitivity, poor inter-departmental coordination, confusion on the issue of migrant workers RC, need-based, bank details

He focuses on how to resolve them with the central states. In addition to various measures, it has been providing financial assistance to states for specific purposes in this regard:

(I) for every Rs 4.50 lakh per district to states in three years to survey once bonded laborers  (ii) Rs 1.00 lakh for the assessment of the study (up to 5 evaluation studies per year)  (Iii) awareness state Rs 10 million per year to produce

Yielded many valuable suggestions during the discussion, some of which are as follows:

A page on the National Portal for data pooling on bonded labor -Various sources and in particular the problem of the vastness of the fair evaluation of the development of one page of non-governmental organizations working in the field;

To -rashtryy load all plans and guidelines related to forced labor on the portal, which can be easily accessed by the field-level executives to build awareness;

– Create a system to continue to provide bonded laborers job cards so that they could get jobs under the other plans of holding and ensure employment;

– Preparation of a general training course for members of vigilance committees;

The PDS portability and forced labor to work on a system for health care;

To broadcast the political parties, leaders and panchayats messages on papers and radio and television and explain through broadcasting about the problem of bonded labor.

Participants included senior officials of NHRC, Special Raporters, bonded and non-members of the NHRC core group of labor, government, civil society, representatives of international bodies.