Centre to place protocol on forced labour before parliament

The union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, here on Wednesday decided to place the Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, before parliament.

Supported by Forced Labour Recommendation, the new instrument adopted by the International Labour Organisation in Geneva last year, prescribes that its each member shall take effective measures to prevent and eliminate use of forced labour.

This has been done with an aim to provide protection to victims and access to appropriate and effective remedies such as compensation as well as to sanction perpetrators of forced or compulsory labour.

"Each member shall develop a national policy and plan of action for the effective and sustained suppression of forced or compulsory labour in consultation with employers' and workers' organisations," said an official statement.

This process would involve systematic action by competent authorities.

--Indo- Asian News Service

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