Kathmandu, April 28 -- A total of 31,338 individuals are in forced labour in Nepal, according to the Labour Force Survey 2017-18 unveiled by the Central Bureau of Statistics.

The assessment of forced labour in the country was done in line with the Convention 29 of the International Labour Organisation, a United Nations body, which has suggested the guidelines regarding the measurement of the forced labour.

According to the International Labour Organization, forced labour refers to situations in which persons are coerced to work through the use of violence or intimidation, or by more subtle means such as accumulated debt, retention of identity papers or threats of denunciation to immigration authorities.

People are in forced labour, acc...