The National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Ltd (NFCSFL), the apex body of sugar cooperatives in the country, has strongly contested a report in The New York Times, which alleges severe exploitation of labor in the (Indian) sugar industry.
The NFCSFL claims that the report is far from the truth, dismissing it as a misrepresentation that exaggerates issues like debt bondage, child marriage, and forced hysterectomies among women laborers.
At a press conference held in Delhi, NFCSFL President Harshvardhan Patil acknowledged that while isolated extreme cases might have occurred, the overall content of the article does not reflect ground realities.
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