ABOLtTION OF CHILD LABOUR AND BONDED LABOUR : 73 Committees in 13 of a total of 70 districts and 109 of a total of 299 Sub-Divisions, which do not as yet have these committees though they are mandatory under the law. 2) Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh 7.15 The Commission has also reviewed the situation of bonded labour in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. It refused to accept the assertion of these States/Union Territories that their areas were free of bonded labour. They have, instead, been urged to review the situation in the light of the judgements of the Supreme Court in the Bandhua Mukti Morcha and Asiad Workers' cases and tighten the enforcement of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976, the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970, the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act 1979 and the Minimum Wages Act 1948. After reviewing the bonded labour situation in Haryana, where 8 out of a total of 19 districts have been identified as bonded-labour prone, the Commission has taken the view that the detection of bonded labour cases (88 in 2000-01 till 31 January 2001) was inadequate and that, in addition, the rehabilitation of those who had been released was slow. The situation in respect to the implementation of the Bonded Labour Act is similar in Punjab, whichhas reported the detection of only 107 bonded labourers since 1January 1998. 3) Rajasthan 7.16 In April 2000, the Commission reviewed the work relating to the identification, release and rehabilitation of bonded labour and child labour engaged in cutting and polishing of precious stones in Jaipur. The Commission has beenreceiving complaints of the persistence of bonded and child labour in the stone cutting and gem polishing industries of Rajasthan. In April 2001, Dr Justice K. Ramaswamy, Member, visited the State. The Secretary, Rural Employment, Rajasthan informed him that, between 1976 and February 2000. 11,168 bonded labourers had been identified in Rajasthan according to NGOs working in the State, however, the number of bonded labour identified in Rajasthan was many times higher and, in addition, bonded labour from Rajasthan were working in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi. 7.17 Information received from the Labour Secretary, Rajasthan, added that in 199798, 832 inspecdons had been carried out and 89 cases of child labour had been ANNUAL REPORT 2000-2001