Landlessness among the Puroik tribe

The All Puroik Welfare Society (APWS) has urged the state government to enforce Section 19 of the Bonded Labour Abolition Act, alleging that several freed Puroiks do not have rights over their own land. This section mandates punishment for the omission or failure to restore possession of property to bonded labourers. “The Puroik community, historically […]