India’s Shrimp Export Boom Depends On A Workforce Kept Isolated, Underpaid & Under Surveillance, A New Study Of Gujarat Farms Finds

As South Gujarat emerges as a key producer and exporter of farmed shrimp, a study of more than 350 workers from Jharkhand and Odisha, owners and supervisors finds conditions resembling captivity: 12-hour shifts, withheld wages, surveillance cameras aimed at living quarters, confiscated identity cards and hazardous work conditions on shrimp farms supplying export markets in Europe, China and the US.

28 May 2026        Anamika Singh