Lok Sabha Question No. 261 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Compensation to Manual Scavengers
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 261 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2020

## COMPENSATION TO MANUAL SCA VENGERS

## 261. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the reasons for low compensation rates to the families of manual scavengers in States such as Kerala;

(b) the details of the number of beneficiaries to whom compensation has been paid, State-wise; and

(c) the details of the quantum of the compensation to the beneficiaries, State-wise? paid

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE)

(a): The compensation rates to the manual   scavengers is fixed at the national  level at Rs. 40,000 which is to support them in resettlement. In Kerala, 600 manual  scavengers have been identified in the National Survey in Kerala, of whom onetime cash assistance of Rs.40,000/- each has been to 510 families as per the guidelines of Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers. paid

As regards compensation to the families of persons who have died while cleaning sewers Or tanks compensation of Rs. 10 lakh each has been to all the 13 such cases identified in Kerala from 1993 onwards, in accordance with the Supreme Court'$ directives in its verdict dated 27.03.2014 in Civil Writ Petition No. 583 of 2003 Safai Karamchari Andolan Vs. Union of India and Others. paid septic paid

(b) & (c): State-wise details of manual scavengers identified and onetime cash assistance are at Annexure-I State-wise details of the cases of sewerage related deaths and compensation as reported by the States to the National Commission of Safai Karamcharis are at Annexure-II paid paid

Annexure-I Annexure-I referred in reply to Parts (b) and (c) of Lok Sabha unstarred No. 261 for answer on 04.02.2020 regarding Question Compensation to Manual Scavengers.

| S NNo.   | IName of State/ UT   | No. of identified IManual Scavengers   | Rehabilitation of manual scavengers upto 13.01.2020 Onetime Cash lassistance   |
|----------|----------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          | JAndhra Pradesh      | 2042                                   | 1464                                                                           |
|          | IAssam               | 28391                                  |                                                                                |
|          | Bihar                | 131/                                   | 6881                                                                           |
|          | [Chhattisgarh        | 3                                      | 131                                                                            |
|          |                      |                                        | 3                                                                              |
|          |                      | 208                                    |                                                                                |
|          | Karnataka            |                                        | 108/                                                                           |
|          |                      | 2433                                   | 1609                                                                           |
|          | Kerala               |                                        | 510                                                                            |
|          | Madhya Pradesh       | 598/                                   | 341                                                                            |
|          | Maharashtra          | 7378                                   | 5484                                                                           |
| 11       | JOdisha              | 2341                                   |                                                                                |
| 12       | PPunjab              | 232/                                   | 219                                                                            |
| 13       | RRajasthan_          |                                        | 219                                                                            |
|          | Tamil Nadu           | 29231                                  | 23751                                                                          |
| 15       | Uttar Pradesh        | 4051                                   | 384                                                                            |
| 16       |                      | 35308/                                 | 24663                                                                          |
| 17       |                      |                                        | 1993                                                                           |
|          | West Bengal          |                                        | 6781                                                                           |
| Total    | Total                | 62334                                  | 40974                                                                          |

Annexure-II referred in reply to Parts (b) and (c) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No\_ 261 for answer on 04.02.2020 regarding Compensation to Manual Scavengers.

Information received from States by the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) about number of sewer deaths and compensation as on 15.01.2020\_

| S No   |                 | Total N lof sewe r death   | IStatus of payment of compensation in terms of S   | IStatus of payment of compensation in terms of S   | IStatus of payment of compensation in terms of S   | IStatus of payment of compensation in terms of S   |
|--------|-----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| S No   |                 | Total N lof sewe r death   | Rs 10 Lac                                          | ILess than Rs 10 Lac                               | NNo Paymen tt not co Infirmed yet                  | Inot traceabl lle                                  |
|        | Andhra Pradesh  | 23                         | 12                                                 | 104                                                | 107                                                |                                                    |
|        | Bihar           | 12                         | 0                                                  | lo6                                                | 106                                                |                                                    |
|        |                 | 101                        | 01                                                 |                                                    |                                                    |                                                    |
|        |                 |                            |                                                    |                                                    | 0                                                  |                                                    |
|        |                 |                            |                                                    |                                                    | 16                                                 |                                                    |
|        | Goa             | 1o6                        | 0                                                  | 106                                                | 0                                                  |                                                    |
|        | Gujarat         | 161                        | 55                                                 | 144                                                | 832                                                | 30                                                 |
| 8      | Haryana         | 73                         | 55                                                 | 12                                                 | 106                                                | 10                                                 |
| 9      | Karnataka       | 78                         | 77                                                 |                                                    |                                                    | 1                                                  |
| 10     | Kerela          | 13                         | 13                                                 |                                                    | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 11     | Maharashtra     |                            |                                                    |                                                    |                                                    |                                                    |
| 12     | Pradesh MMadhya | /10                        | 107                                                |                                                    | 103                                                |                                                    |
| 13     | Punjab          | 136                        | 28                                                 |                                                    | 104                                                |                                                    |
| 14     | Rajasthan       | 41                         | 106                                                | 17                                                 |                                                    |                                                    |
| 15     | Tamil Nadu      | /206                       | 190                                                | 01                                                 |                                                    | 6                                                  |
|        |                 |                            |                                                    |                                                    | 02                                                 |                                                    |
|        |                 | 02                         |                                                    |                                                    |                                                    |                                                    |
| 18     | Uttarakhand     | 106                        | 101                                                | 102                                                | 103                                                |                                                    |
| 19     | Uttar Pradesh   | 103                        | 144                                                | 35                                                 | 124                                                |                                                    |
| 20     | West Bengal     | 19                         | 14                                                 | 1                                                  | 104                                                |                                                    |
|        | Total           | 1920                       | 558                                                | 161                                                | 164                                                |                                                    |