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Rajya Sabha
As per the information received from the Government of Tamil Nadu, 372 labourers were released from bondage from the district of Thiruvallu including Tiruttani and Ponneri of Redhill area from 1997 till 30th September 2004. These include 113 labourers during the current year. In this district, out of 55 cases in which prosecution was launched conviction was secured in 20 cases. The State Government has also been supervising the functioning of all the ricemills in Redhill area by enforcing Factories Act etc. to ensure payment of minimum wages to the workers as well as ensuring that the factory owners do not use debt as bondage.
Stating this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, the Minister of Labour and Employment Shri K. Chandrasekhar Rao said that a representation from Sarpam Irular Thozhilalar Sangam, Thiruvallur alleging such complaints was received in August 2004 for the first time and subsequently in September 2004. He said that his Ministry also has received the National Commission for Women’s report on public hearings on the subject.
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