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Scheme for Manual Scavengers
Scheme for Manual Scavengers
Scheme for Manual Scavengers

365telugu.com online news,Delhi,august 10th,2021:
Under the Scheme for Self-Employment and Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers, 58,098 persons have been paid one-time cash assistance of Rs. 40,000 for facilitating switch to alternative occupations. Further, 16,057 of them were given skill training; and 1,387 persons were given Capital subsidy for self employment projects and sanitation related projects. State-wise details are given in the Annexure.

This information was given by The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas athawale in the Lok Sabha in a written reply today.

State-wise Number of Manual Scavengers and their dependants provided  assistance for rehabilitation under Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (SRMS)

Scheme for Manual Scavengers
Scheme for Manual Scavengers
   S.No.   State/UTCoverage
   One Time Cash Assistance   Skill Development TrainingCapital subsidy for self employment projects and sanitation related projects for manual scavengers includingsanitation workers
1A&N Islands003
2Andhra Pradesh179318011
3Assam39214600
4Bihar131180
SChhattisgarh300
6Gujarat105190
7Jharkhand192340
8Karnataka2927251294
9Kerala5183140
10Madhya Pradesh510983
11Maharashtra632513320
12Odisha2306692
13Punjab2316241
14Rajasthan26738240
15Tamilnadu3982978
16Uttar Pradesh3247310664694
17Uttarakhand4988147574
18West Bengal68023197
Total58098160571387