Building a Wider
Horizon With Labour
This a fact-finding report on working conditions in the sand stone mines in Kota – Bundi region of Rajasthan. The fact-finding study was conducted in the quarries owned by BSGM to know about overall working conditions in the sandstone quarry and involvement of child labour / bonded labour. This report comprises background information on sandstone quarries in Rajasthan; export trends on the industry; enforcement of labour & mining laws in quarry areas of BSGM; living and working conditions of stone workers; prevalence of child labour in the quarry; and nature and structure of employment, wage and characteristics of labour. At the end it provides some recommendations to improve the present situation.
