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Research Article | Open Access
Volume 14 2022 | None
“The Plight of Bonded Labourers and need for Resilience in Rehabilitation”
T. Praisey Glory Bai,Dr. Smitha Philip
Pages: 3789-3795
Abstract
The number of bonded labourers over the world and especially in India is huge. A person becomes a bonded labourer when their labour is demanded as a means of repayment for a loan. The person is then tricked or trapped into working for very little or no pay. The value of their work becomes invariably greater than the original sum of money borrowed. Often the debts are passed onto the next generations.These people being vulnerable are prone to exploitation. They end up as bonded labourers in factories and brick kilns across the country, often having to survive on one square meal a day and in horrible, inhumane working conditions. Especially, it victimizes the economically deprived communities. Post-rescue, there is a necessity for the released bonded labourers to undergo a strong rehabilitation program which helps them to build their resilience and prevent them from getting into rebondage
Keywords
Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, restricted freedom, exploitation, appalling conditions, rehabilitation, case study, resilience, protective factors, rebondage
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