{"id":12177,"date":"2019-12-05T17:51:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T12:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12177"},"modified":"2019-12-05T17:51:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T12:21:43","slug":"scheme-for-rehabilitation-of-bonded-labourer-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/scheme-for-rehabilitation-of-bonded-labourer-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourer, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Ministry of Labour and Employment has informed Rajya Sabha about the Scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourer, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourer, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The salient features of the scheme are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A bonded labour rehabilitation fund is created at the District level by each State with a permanent corpus of at least Rs.10 lakh at the disposal of the District Magistrate. This fund is renewable.<\/li><li>Financial assistance of Rs. 1 lakh is provided for rehabilitation of a rescued adult male bonded labourer and 2 lakh for rescued child bonded labourer<\/li><li>The Scheme also provides for financial assistance of Rs. 4.50 lakh per district to the States for conducting a survey of bonded labourers, Rs. 1 Lakh for evaluatory studies and Rs. 10 Lakhs per State per annum for awareness generation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bonded Labour:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bonded labour is generally described as a type of forced labour and is also known as debt bondage or debt labour. It occurs when a person is forced to use their physical labour to pay off a debt<\/li><li>According to the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act (BLSAA), 1976, there are three elements that go into making a labour situation bonded:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>o &nbsp; Being under an obligation such as repayment of a loan;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o &nbsp; Meeting the obligation (that is, repaying the loan) through unpaid or underpaid labour or service;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o &nbsp; Having no freedom to escape the obligation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Constitutional Safeguards<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Article 23<\/strong> prohibits practices like a beggar, forced labour and human trafficking. The term beggar may mean labour or service provided by the person with less or no remuneration.<\/li><li><strong>Article 24<\/strong> prohibits the employment of children whether bonded or otherwise.<\/li><li><strong>Article 21<\/strong> guarantees a right to life and personal liberty. Also, no person or authority can own the life of another human being. The practise of bonded labour violates all constitutionally mandated rights.<\/li><li><strong>Article 19 (1) g<\/strong> enables an individual to practise any trade, profession, and employment of their choice. Article 19(2) provides reasonable restrictions to the trade of choice and employment<\/li><li><strong>Article 39<\/strong> requires the State to \u201cdirect its policy towards securing\u201d:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The economic necessity of workers,<\/li><li>Personality development of children and youth.<\/li><li>Protection against all forms of exploitation.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Legislation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976:<\/strong> The Act intends to free all bonded labourers, cancel their debts, establish rehabilitative measures and punish the offender through imprisonment and fine.<\/li><li>&nbsp;<strong>Child Labour (Prohibition &amp; Regulation) Act, 1986 and Amendment in 2016<\/strong>: It prohibits the engagement of children in certain employments and regulates the conditions of work of children in certain other employments<\/li><li><strong>Trafficking of Persons Bill 2018: <\/strong>It makes special note of trafficking for the purpose of forced labour, and categorises it as an aggravated form of trafficking<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Ministry of Labour and Employment has informed Rajya Sabha about the Scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourer, 2016 Facts: About Scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourer, 2016 The salient features of the scheme are: A bonded labour rehabilitation fund is created at the District level by each State with a permanent corpus of at&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/scheme-for-rehabilitation-of-bonded-labourer-2016\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourer, 2016<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[956],"tags":[1750],"class_list":["post-12177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-bonded-labour","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704846393},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}