![]() ![]() There’s also another problem in some states. As per the rules of the survey, manual scavengers can sign up without furnishing documents, but the local administration will have to verify their claims. Non-government organisations (NGOs) working in the sector who have been asked to help with identification have complained that in some districts, the administration has been turning away manual scavengers who do not have proof of being engaged in the practice - a document or photographs - from registering. Forms had to be returned to several states such as Gujarat for not being complete, and states such as Uttar Pradesh, where we expect a high number of registrations, are yet to send their responses.” Most other states are yet to file the forms of those who registered. “The ministry has received 600 plus applications from Kerala. ![]() We have taken up the issue with these states and asked them to step up the process,” an official of the ministry of social justice and empowerment said on condition of anonymity.Īnother official, who asked not to be identified, said Kerala has already concluded most of the registration work. “Work has been slow in states such as West Bengal and Karnataka because of panchayat and assembly elections, but we have also been receiving complaints of local administration being slow in setting up camps for registration in states such as Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Maharashtra and Jharkhand. The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 (MS Act, 2013) has been in force since December 2013, making it illegal to employ manual scavengers.Įradication of manual scavenging is part of the Narendra Modi government’s ambitious Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched on Octothat aims to make the country open defecation free by 2019 to coincide with the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The aim of the survey, a pilot, is to identify people who are still engaged in the outlawed practice of manual scavenging or have stopped since 2013 but not signed up for the government’s rehabilitation plan. ![]() The survey was to be carried out in 164 districts by the ministry of social justice and empowerment in association with state governments and government think tank Niti Aayog. A fresh survey across 18 states to identify manual scavengers has missed its deadline of April 30, owing to the slow pace of work at the state level, partly because most states do not want to acknowledge that they haven’t dealt with the problem, officials aware of the development said. ![]()
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