#Social Issues BONDED LABOUR Why in News? SC recently | CSE MAINS BOOSTER
#Social Issues
BONDED LABOUR
Why in News?
SC recently asked NHRC to frame Guidelines for Protection & Rehabilitation of Victims of Bonded Labour.
Details
ILO defines forced or compulsory labour as: all work or service which is exacted from any person under threat of penalty and for which person has not offered himself or herself voluntarily.
Bonded labour is a type of forced labour.
Bonded labour is prohibited under Articles 21 and 23 and Bonded Labour Abolition Act (BLSA),1976.
BLSA is supported by other legislations like Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act,1970; Inter- State Migrant Workmen Act,1979; Minimum Wages Act,1948.
BLSA provide for the abolition of bonded labour system with a view to preventing the economic and physical exploitation of the weaker sections of the people.
BLSA is being implemented by the concerned State Govts./UTs.
BLSA provides for an institutional mechanism at the district level in the form of Vigilance Committees.
State Governments/UTs may confer, on an Executive Magistrate, the powers of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class or second class for trial of offences under this Act.
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