Chd. Admin. Organized a Regional Workshop on Elimination of
Bonded Labor System
National Tele24 news
Vinay Kumar
Chandigarh
The Chandigarh Administration today organized a Regional
Workshop on Elimination of Bonded Labor System, including Child Labor,
Inter-State Migrant Workers and human trafficking at Chandigarh Judicial
Academy, Sector 43, and Chandigarh under the aegis of National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC), New Delhi. The workshop was presided over by Justice Sh. P.C
Pant, Hon’ble Member, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and former Judge
of the Supreme Court of India. In his Inaugural address, he urged upon the rehabilitation
of rescued bonded laborers and showed his concern upon effective implementation
of various acts formulated for elimination of bonded labor and prosecution of
the offenders. All the participating speakers were of the view that the bonded labor
pre-dominantly in the unorganized sector which employs majority of the labor
force in India. The present form is more common in the field of
agricultural, mining, silk production, carpet manufacturing, beedi factories,
brick-kilns etc all over the country. There are many different reasons for
bonded labor in the country. There is lack of basic amenities such as food
shelter, medical facilities and sanitation and further more the inequality,
gender and caste discrimination and the inadequate education. The problem of
bonded labor also gives rise to allied problems such as ill health, sexual
assault, abductions, human trafficking and other crimes especially against
women and children, which are most vulnerable classes The workshop brought
forward the practical difficulties being faced by many of the Government
agencies and expanded the vision to look after the potentiality of re-assessing
and reanalyzing the situations for making procedural and workable improvements
for effective implementations by remaining within the jurisdiction of law. It
was discussed, that necessary amendment in the Act may be got done for
effective implementation of the Act. The workshop concluded with a vote of
thanks given by expressing heartiest gratitude to the National Human
Rights Commission (NHRC), New Delhi for providing this opportunity to organize
this workshop in the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The workshop was attended
by Justice Sh. Iqbal Ahmad Ansari, Chairperson, Punjab State Human Rights
Commission, Justice Sh. S. K. Mittal, Chairperson, Haryana State Human Rights
Commission, Sh. Jaideep Govind, IAS, Secretary General, National Human Rights
Commision (NHRC), Sh. Manoj Parida, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT,
Chandigarh, Sh. Ajoy Kumar Sinha, Finance Secretary, Chandigarh Administration,
Sh. Jitender Yadav, Deputy Commissioner, UT, Chandigarh and Dr. Ranjit Singh,
Joint Secretary, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the senior
representatives of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) New Delhi, Senior
Officers from the States of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &
Kashmir & Union Territory of Chandigarh along with other representatives of
workers unions, NGO’s and other stakeholders.
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