India is likely to miss its target of ending bonded labour by a wide margin

In 2016, the government set a goal to release 18.4 million bonded labourers but has so far has managed to free only over 32,000.

Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 04, 2023 · 07:30 pm

In Tamil Nadu, 14 bonded labourers abandoned amid lockdown get a ‘very rare’ payout

The employers left the workers with no money near a petrol station in Madurai.

Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· May 26, 2020 · 09:30 pm

India is home to the world’s largest slave population (Yes, slavery still exists)

In the past, the desire for sugar drove the growth in slavery. Today, the global consumption of electronic goods is the primary culprit.

Catherine Armstrong, The Conversation

· Oct 21, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Calcutta’s dark past: The city was a thriving market for slaves in mid-18th century

The Bay of Bengal was once a hotbed for pirates plundering ships for slaves.

Tathagata Neogi

· Jul 16, 2018 · 03:30 pm

Sold for Rs 500 and raised as a maid, 17-year-old Baidak is back home in Assam – and on a mission

Across the tea plantations of the North Eastern state, where poverty is deeply entrenched, hundreds of thousands of children have gone missing.

Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Nov 02, 2017 · 07:30 pm

Watch: Half of India is susceptible to modern slavery and it’s time we did something about it

More than 18 million people are living in slavery in the country.

Scroll Staff

· May 16, 2017 · 10:00 pm

Indian workers, treated like slaves in the US, just won a $14 million lawsuit

Promised jobs and green cards, 500 workers paid $10,000 each to a recruitment agency. Their nightmare began when they reached Mississippi.

Devjyot Ghoshal, qz.com

· Feb 20, 2015 · 05:30 pm