Maneka Gandhi’s anti-trafficking Bill Passed
The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018 was passed in the lower house of the Parliament on Thursday. Maneka Gandhi’s anti-trafficking Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha the Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi. Maneka Gandhi’s anti-trafficking Bill provides for stringent punishments ranging from 10 years in prison to life imprisonment for exacerbated forms of trafficking like buying or selling a person(s) for bonded labour, carrying a child, and circumstances where the victim the was administered chemical substances or acquires a life-threatening condition like…
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