Haliya

{{Short description|Nepali agricultural bonded labourer}}

{{About|the Nepalese agricultural labourer|the village in Telangana, India|Haliya, Telangana}}

A Haliya ({{langx|ne|हलिया}}) is an agricultural bonded labourer who works on another person's land. The literal meaning of Haliya is "one who ploughs". Haliyas can be found throughout Nepal. But the Haliya system in the far western hilly part of Nepal is considered a bonded labour system.{{cite web|url=http://www.antislavery.org/archive/submission/submission1999-09NepalAgri.htm|publisher=Deepak Deo Bhatt|title=Agricultural bonded labour in Baitadi District Far Western Region, Nepal|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008053424/http://www.antislavery.org/archive/submission/submission1999-09NepalAgri.htm|archive-date=2007-10-08|df=}}

{{As of|2008|Sept}}, the system has been abolished by the Nepalese Government.{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-35363420080907|publisher=Reuters|title=Nepal abolishes slave labour system|date=7 September 2008|access-date=8 September 2008|archive-date=15 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015022459/http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-35363420080907|url-status=dead}} The effectiveness of this abolition, however, has been questioned.{{Cite web |date=2013-08-02 |title=Fighting bonded labour in Nepal |url=https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/mission-and-objectives/features/WCMS_218496/lang--en/index.htm |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=www.ilo.org |language=en}}