Lok Sabha Question No. 3353 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: Bonded Labourers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Jugal Kishore Sharma, Aparajita Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3353 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2019

## BONDED LABOURERS

†3353. SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA: SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)whether the Government has any figure about the total number of bonded labourers in each of the States of the country at present and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b)whether  there  is  any  national  data  on  the  details  of  conviction awarded to accused persons charged under Bonded Labour offences through Summary trial by the DM/SDM under Section 21 of Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 and if so, the details of the last three years;
- (c)the  number  of  cases  wherein  FIR  has  been  registered  under  the bonded labour system (Abolition) Act, 1976 in the last three years, State/UT-wise, particularly of Bhubaneswar;
- (d)the rate of conviction of the cases that are registered under Bonded Labour  System  (Abolition)  Act,  1976,  in  the  last  ten  years,  both under Summary Trial by District Magistrate and under regular trial by the Judicial Magistrate; and
- (e)the measures/steps taken/being taken by the Government to adress
- the lack of conviction in bonded labour cases?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a): State-wise number of Bonded Labourers released and rehabilitated is enclosed at Annexure.
- (b): Central Government does not maintain this data.

- (c): Central Government does not maintain this data.

(d): No record in this regard is available with the Central Government.

(e): Government of India has reviewed the Bonded Labour Rehabilitation  Scheme  from  time  to  time  and  the  revised  Central Sector  Scheme  for  Rehabilitation  of  Bonded  labourer-2016  has  been implemented with effect from 18.05.2016.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3353  RAISED  BY  SHRI  JUGAL  KISHORE  SHARMA  AND  SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI FOR ANSWER ON 09.12.2019 REGARDING BONDED LABOURERS .

## The number of bonded labourers identified and rehabilitated under the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, State/UT-wise

|   Sl. No. | Name of State     |   Number |
|-----------|-------------------|----------|
|         1 | Arunachal Pradesh |     2992 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh    |    31404 |
|         3 | Assam             |       12 |
|         4 | Bihar             |    17351 |
|         5 | Gujarat           |       64 |
|         6 | Haryana           |       92 |
|         7 | Karnataka         |    60029 |
|         8 | Kerala            |      710 |
|         9 | Madhya Pradesh    |    12394 |
|        10 | Maharashtra       |     1325 |
|        11 | Odisha            |    48313 |
|        12 | Pondicherry       |        9 |
|        13 | Punjab            |      252 |
|        14 | Rajasthan         |     6715 |
|        15 | Tamil Nadu        |    65573 |
|        16 | Uttar Pradesh     |    42279 |
|        17 | Chhattisgarh      |     3548 |
|        18 | Jharkhand         |      314 |
|        19 | Uttarakhand       |        5 |
|        20 | West Bengal       |      344 |

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