ABOLITION OF CHILD LABOUR AND BONDED LABOUR instructed to constitute Committees urgently. The NGOs were also being increasingly involved in the identification of bonded and child labourers. The children released from bondage and the children of bonded labourers were being admitted to the government schools and hostels in the State. 5) Tamil Nadu 7.20 As regards Tamil Nadu, the following issues were identified for immediate action by the authorities of the State: • Compilation of a list of all the bonded labourers, district-wise. • Involvement of NGOs and other reputed institutions in the process of further identification of bonded labourers. • Formation of co-operative societies for the released bonded labourers in order to ensure their effective rehabilitation. • Convergence of resources available from all sources in the Government for the proper rehabilitation of released bonded labourers and to avoid tbeir return to bondage. 6) Consultations with Ministry of Labour/ State Governments 7.21 The Commission has been interacting with the Ministr/^ of Labour and, through its Special Rapporteurs, with the State Governments, to evolve suitable measures to end the problem of bonded labour in the country decisively. To this end, after considering the dimension, scope and objective of the task assigned to it by the Supreme Court, the Commission decided, on 22 September 2000, to constitute a group of eminent and ejqierienced persons to prepare a report for it on the overall situation of bonded labour as it persists in the country today. The group has been asked to make recommendations in respect of the existing schemes, so as to render more effective the implementation of laws dealing with the abolition of bonded labour. 7.22 The Convener of the group is Shri Chaman Lai, Special Rapporteur. The other ANNUAL REPORT 2000-2001 : 75