76 : ABOLITION OF CHILD LABOUR AND BONDED LABOUR members are Shri S. R. Sankaran, IAS (Retd.); Shri K. R. Venugopal, IAS (Retd.); Shri K. B. Saxena, Principal Adviser, Planning Commission; Shri Vivek Pandit of Samarthan; Swami Agnivesh, President, Bandhua Mukti Morcha and ShriHarsh Mandar, IAS (MP). 7.23 The group will, inter-alia, identify bonded labour-prone districts: and industries and occupations employing bonded labour; it will review existing laws relating to bonded labour in India and their enforcement and suggest improvements as needed; it will look into all aspects of the training required in respect of the enforcement of bonded labour laws, particularly in so far as this concerned target groups, such as officers of the revenue, labour and police departments, advocates and public prosecutors who handle bonded labour cases; it will hold seminars and workshops at the district and State levels to bring together government officials and NGOs for a better understanding of their roles and responsibilities in the collaborative effort required to end the practice of bonded labour; it will study the various Poverty Alleviation Programmes in force, with a view to ensuring their optimum utilisation in arranging for the rehabilitation of bonded labourers; it will analyse and disseminate information relating to judgments/orders of the various High Courts and the Supreme Court relating to bonded labour laws. 7.24 The group has been asked to finalise its report, along with its recommendations, within a period of sbc months. 7.26 The Commission has been interacting with the Ministry of Labour and, through Special Rapporteurs, with the State Governments, in order to evolve suitable measmes to deal with the problem of bonded laboiur in the coimtry. The Commission has also been considering the best manner in which it can achieve the objectives assigned to it by the Hon'ble Supreme Court. It is to further this purpose that the Commission decided to constitute this group. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

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