Bandhua mazdoor : how far is this system justified? Answer in short .
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Bandhua mazdoor or Bonded laborer, is a person who has taken a debt and to pay it, he works for the lender.
In all sense, it is illegal and people enforcing bonded labor should be punishable by law. Although in India it was abolished in 1976, but it is still practiced in many regions. The most affected sector is the agriculture sector of India. There are farmers, who would initially take debt, may be to plant seeds and feed their families. But owing to less rainfall or any other external factors, if they can’t earn sufficient income, they would again take some loan next year. This way, it becomes a vicious circle and they can’t come out of it. Sometimes, this bondage is transferred from one generation to the next.
Many a times, bonded labor is converted to slave-like exploitation by the lender. There are many child laborers who become prey of this debt bondage and often work for entire life time for their employers. They are paid minimum to no wages. So, one can never justify this system.
There are law enforcement to stop it, but they are weak. There is corruption which further hinders the enactment of these laws. The lender becomes more richer and the borrower poorer and poorer. If you think from the point of view of lender, he wants his money/assets back. But, assets can never be more valuable than the life and freedom of a person. I am not saying that, this way people will get levy to take loan and never pay it back. What I am saying is, the first action should be at the starting of the process, to stop it from being practiced. Next, to see how bonded laborers can be provided with good jobs so they can take care of their families and simultaneously pay their debt.
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"Bandhua mazdoor is a group of bonded laborers who have taken loans and are bonded to work for the lender with minimum or no wages.
It enables the lender to exploit the person and even span from generations and often leads to child labor.
That’s why it was abolished in India in 1976, but it is still practiced at large due to corruption and ineffective law.
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