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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
well. His wages are so fixed that he can hardly make both
The term
'bonded labour' is not capable of any
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precise definition. The Royal Commission on Labour m
India (1931) has defined bonded labour as follows: "the
labourer borrows money from the land lord under a contract
to work until the debt is repaid. The debt tends to
increase rather than diminish and the man, and sometimes
his family, is bound for life."
law in 1976. i
content with the law in books but we must have the law in
action. This appears to be the only way to translate the
constitutional philosophy of the total abolition of bonded
labour system as enshrined in Article 23. The state must
make all efforts to eradicate this pernicious social
practice from the India soil.
system.
State, and
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E. METHODOLOGY
F. COLLECTION OF DATA
every care has been taken to see that the landlords are not
in a serious situation.
G. INTERPRETATION OF DATA