Lok Sabha Question No. 175 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-01
Subject: Schemes for Bonded Labourers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Arun Kumar Sagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 175

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2025

## SCHEMES FOR BONDED LABOURERS

†175. SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:

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

- bonded  labourers, especially in backward and rural areas of the country, State/UT-
- (a)the details of the estimated number  of wise;
- (b)whether the Government has prepared or proposed any plan  for liberation  and  rehabilitation  of  bonded  labourers  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (c)the details of the number of bonded labourers liberated/rehabilitated so far in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (d)whether any assistance has been provided by the Government for the said purpose during the last three years and the current year, year-wise, especially in backward and rural areas of the country
- and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (e)whether any committee has been constituted or proposed to be constituted by the Government for the purpose of tracing, liberating and rehabilitating the bonded labourers; and
- (f)if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

- (a) to (f): The Ministry of Labour & Employment has been implementing a Central Sector Scheme viz. Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourer  for  identification  and  rehabilitation  of  bonded  labourers. Under the Scheme, rehabilitation assistance to the tune of Rs. 1.00 lakh, Rs. 2.00 lakh and Rs. 3.00 lakh are provided to each rescued bonded labourer based on their category and level of exploitation. Besides, there is a provision to provide immediate financial assistance  upto  Rs.  30,000/-  to  each  rescued  bonded  labour.  The details of number of bonded labourers rescued & rehabilitated and details of rehabilitation amount released during 2022-23 to 2025-26, State-wise, (upto 25.11.2025) is annexed.

Under the Bonded Labour Act, 1976, there is a provision of constitution  of  Vigilance  Committee  by  State  Government.  Every State  Government  shall,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette, constitute such number of Vigilance Committees in each district and each  Sub-Division  as  it  may  think  fit.  The  vigilance  committee  is responsible for providing economic and social rehabilitation to the freed bonded labourers.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (f)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 175 FOR 01.12.2025 BY SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR REGARDING SCHEMES FOR BONDED LABOURERS:

|   Sl. No. | Year                       | Name State/UT   |   of No. of bonded labourer to whom Immediate Financial/ Rehabilitation Assistance been provided |   Final has Amount of Immediate Financial/Final Rehabilitation Assistance provided to bonded labourers (in Rs. lakh) |
|-----------|----------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | 2022-23                    | Rajasthan       |                                                                                               70 |                                                                                                                 14   |
|         1 | 2022-23                    | Uttar Pradesh   |                                                                                              287 |                                                                                                                390.2 |
|         1 | 2022-23                    | Tamil Nadu      |                                                                                              297 |                                                                                                                 59.4 |
|         2 | 2023-24                    | Rajasthan       |                                                                                               56 |                                                                                                                 11.2 |
|         2 | 2023-24                    | Tamil Nadu      |                                                                                              176 |                                                                                                                 56.8 |
|         2 | 2023-24                    | Chhattisgarh    |                                                                                               76 |                                                                                                                 15.2 |
|         2 | 2023-24                    | Pondicherry     |                                                                                                5 |                                                                                                                 15   |
|         2 | 2023-24                    | Odisha          |                                                                                              155 |                                                                                                                 15.5 |
|         3 | 2024-25                    | Rajasthan       |                                                                                               50 |                                                                                                                 10   |
|         3 | 2024-25                    | Tamil Nadu      |                                                                                              196 |                                                                                                                 57.4 |
|         4 | 2025-26 (as on 25.11.2025) | Tamil Nadu      |                                                                                               41 |                                                                                                                 19.3 |

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