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FRAME POLICIES TO END BONDED LABOUR: CENTRE TO STATE GOVTS
Hindustan Times Delhi
|October 19, 2025
The Union labour ministry has asked states to frame individual policies to utilise a federal scheme to rehabilitate forced workers and prevent trafficking, according toa letter sent to local authorities on September 25, seen by HT.
Under the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, state governments bear the responsibility of identifying, releasing and rehabilitating people compelled to work as “mo
This story is from the October 19, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Delhi.
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