If an employer keeps cutting wages and increasing debt so the worker never becomes free which form of exploitation appears?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Debt trap of bonded labour
When an employer keeps increasing a worker’s debt by cutting wages or adding unfair interest and prevents the worker from leaving work, it is a debt trap of bonded labour. It exploits the worker’s labour and freedom. Payment of minimum wages protects workers; it is not exploitation. Exam tip: If debt makes a worker unable to leave employment, identify bonded labour.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
Debt trap of bonded labour
Why is this the correct answer?
When an employer keeps increasing a worker’s debt by cutting wages or adding unfair interest and prevents the worker from leaving work, it is a debt trap of bonded labour. It exploits the worker’s labour and freedom. Payment of minimum wages protects workers; it is not exploitation. Exam tip: If debt makes a worker unable to leave employment, identify bonded labour.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 9 Civics question. Chapter: Democratic Rights. Topic: Right against Exploitation.
