‘Open prison’: The forced labour driving India’s $5 trillion economy dream | Labour Rights | Al Jazeera
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India has more than 300 million unorganised sector workers. Many suffer from withheld wages, endless toil and coercion.
‘Open prison’: The forced labour driving India’s $5 trillion economy dream | Labour Rights | Al Jazeera Save Click here to share on social media Share Add Al Jazeera on Google Workers stand on steel bars at a factory in Mandi Gobindgarh, in the northern state of Punjab, India, on October 19, 2024 [Priyanshu Singh/Reuters] By Rejimon Kuttappan Published On 7 Jun 2025 7 Jun 2025 Amid the relentless clatter of machinery, Ravi Kumar Gupta feeds a roaring steel furnace with scrap, blown metal and molten iron. He carefully adds chemicals tailored to the type of steel being produced, adjusting fuel a
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