Annual Report 2009-2010 • In order to ensure greater transparency in the implementation of existing schemes, there is a need for the District Authority to evolve a reporting mechanism that takes care of both physical and financial performance. Siaha District Siaha District in Mizoram was led by Shri Satyabrata Pal, Member, NHRC. The other two officers who assisted the Member were Director (Research) and Senior Superintendent of Police-I. The objective of the visit was to take stock of the facilities available in the District and the implementation of various policies/programmes/schemes of the State and Central Government designed to promote and protect civil, political, economic and social rights. The team visited various organizations, institutions including the offices of the District Magistrate, Superintendent of Police and public distribution system. Besides, the team visited the local police station and the District jail, anganwadi centres, schools, an orphanage and the District hospital. A�er the field visit, a workshop was convened on 17 March 2010 which was a�ended by senior officials of the District, representatives of various NGOs and members of Mara Autonomous District Council. Some of the major recommendations/suggestions of the workshop were : E. • The quantity and quality of food supplied through the public distribution system, as well as to the beneficiaries of the integrated child development services scheme and mid-day meal programme needs to be monitored regularly. • Qualified teachers in all subjects must be appointed in sufficient numbers in all the schools, particularly in rural and tribal areas of the District. • The infrastructure and quality of services being provided in the district hospital needs to be improved, including the availability of medical supplies and equipments. • Vacant posts of medical and para-medical staff needs to be filled-up in a timebound manner. The primary health centers in the District must function ‘24x7’, that is, round the clock on all the days. • Undertrials and convicts must be medically examined at the time of their admission in the district jail, and all their tests should be carried out in the district hospital itself. • In the district jail , the convicts need to be segregated from the undertrials. Elimination of Bonded Labour System 6.23 There still exists in different parts of our country a system under which the debtor or his descendents have to work along with one or more than one member of the family of the creditor for a specified or an unspecified period without any market wage or without minimum wage notified by the Government in order to discharge a debt. This system originated from the uneven social structure characterized by feudal and semi-feudal conditions. It is an outcome of certain categories of indebtedness, like customary obligations, forced labour, begar or indebtedness which have been prevailing for a long time involving certain economically exploited, helpless 96 NHRC