Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 8 JUNE 2023
Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013:
✅It bans manual scavenging.
It widened the definition of manual scavengers by including it in all forms of manual removal of human excreta.
✅It lays a key focus on rehabilitating the manual scavengers by organising training programs (at a stipend of Rs. 3000) and offering scholarships to their children.
✅It makes the offence of manual scavenging cognizable and non-bailable.
✅It makes it obligatory for employers to provide protective tools to the workers.
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