Beyond Green Revolution: Bonded labour alive and suffering in Punjab (merinews)
"According to a rough estimate, there are at least five lakh landless labourers in Punjab, who are working in the fields akin to bonded labour. Only once in a year on June 15, are they allowed to change masters but they must be slaves throughout their lives. [...]
"Talking to merinews, Jai Singh, who has been working for the rights of these landless workers since years, said 'Most of these men are in debt bondage, their fathers or forefathers took some minor loans and now they are caught in a debt trap,' adding that these labourers and their families work as bonded labour and even their families are in bondage.
"Caste plays an important role in this whole issue as the majority of these workers are from scheduled castes living on the peripheries of the society...."
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