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References for Bonded Labour in India

1. Abolition of Bonded Labour Act (1976).

2. Poverty, Discrimination and Slavery: The reality of bonded labour in India, Nepal and Pakistan by Anti-Slavery International 2008

3. The Small Hands of Slavery- Bonded Child Labor In India, Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Project. Human Rights Watch/Asia. Human Rights Watch 1996.

4. Gender Issues in Bonded Labour: A Study of Rangareddy District, Andhra Pradesh an ILO publication by Bhaswati Chakravorty, New Delhi, 2004.

5. ILO Working Paper on Bonded Labour in India: Its Incidence and Patterns by Ravi S. Srivastava 2005.

6. Small Change - Bonded child labour in India’s silk industry. Human Rights Watch January 2003, Vol.15, No. 2 (C).

More Resources:

Forced Labour: Facts and Figures, The cost of coercion: Regional Perspectives, ILO, Geneva, 2009, p17.

South Asian Debt Bondage Study - BASELINE STUDY FOR NEPAL, October 2001  CMF / CEAPRED Research Team, International Labour Organization Social Finance Unit.

Poverty, Discrimination and Slavery:The reality of bonded labour in India, Nepal and Pakistan, Anti-Slavery International 2008.