The report analyses the effectiveness of programmes for the eradication of bonded labour system in India. It is a consolidated national report based on 8 different studies carried out by the CEC in collaboration with different scholars and funded by Anti-Slavery International. The report traces out the old and new forms of bonded labour arising out of vulnerabilities of the labouring poor. The study looks into the reasons for the ineffectiveness of the programmes initiated by the government, international organisations and NGOs in this direction.