NHRC notice on bonded labour in Muzaffarnagar
On 2 July 2026 the National Human Rights Commission took suo motu cognizance of a report that 12 bonded labourers were assaulted and forced to work for nearly one and a half years at a paper plate factory in Muzaffarnagar. It sought a report from UP's Chief Secretary and DGP within two weeks and ordered the labourers registered on e-Shram.
UPPCS angle: GS-V: human rights and labour in UP; release and rehabilitation of bonded labourers, e-Shram registration.
2 Jul 2026