Lok Sabha Question No. 3497 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: S. Venkatesan

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3497 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2019

## SELF EMPLOYMENT SCHEME FOR REHABILITATION OF MANUAL SCA VENGERS

## 3497. SHRI S. VENKATESAN:

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

(a) whether the Government has implemented Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual  Scavengers (SRMS) through National   Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC);

- (b) if so, the details thereof;, Statel UT- wise including Tamil Nadu; and

C the  details of training   programmes  conducted by NSKFDC during the last three years State/UT-wise particularly in Madurai constituency?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Yes Sir

(b) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing a Central Sector Scheme, Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of manual Scavengers (SRMS) under which identified manual scavengers and their dependents are provided the following rehabilitation benefits:

- Onetime cash assistance of Rs.40,000/- to the identified manual scavenger:
- (ii) Skill Development Training with Stipend of Rs.3,000/ per month for the training period upto years or less for the identified manual scavenger/dependent family member: two

Loans upto Rs. 15 lakh for  income   generating activities upto Rs\_ are provided to the identified concessional rate of interest of 5% per annum (4% for women for projects upto Rs.25000/and at the rate of 6% per annum for projects above Rs.25000/-State-wise details of benefits provided under SRMS to identified manual scavengers including those in Tamil Nadu are at Annexure-L.

(c) manual  scavengers/their  dependents provided skill development training during the last three years is at Annexure-I:

Fifty safai  karamcharis in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu have been provided skill Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation 2016-17. during

Annexure-| referred in reply to Part (b) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No\_ 3497 for answer on 10.12.2019 regarding Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers.

State-wise   details of beneficiaries under SRMS from 2013-14 30.11.2019 upto

|       |                   | Rehabilitation of manual scavengers   | Rehabilitation of manual scavengers   | Rehabilitation of manual scavengers   |
|-------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| S NO_ | Name of Statel UT | Onetime Cash assistance               | Skill Development Training            | Subsidy                               |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 1464                                  | 104                                   | 0                                     |
| 2     | Assam             | 688                                   | 95                                    |                                       |
| 3     | Bihar             | 131                                   | 18                                    | 0                                     |
| 4     | Chhattisgarh      |                                       | 0                                     |                                       |
| 5     | Gujarat           | 105                                   | 19                                    | 0                                     |
| 6     | Jharkhand         | 108                                   | 24                                    | 0                                     |
| 7     | Karnataka         | 1605                                  | 200                                   | 190                                   |
| 8     | Kerala            | 510                                   | 161                                   |                                       |
| 9     | Madhya Pradesh    | 341                                   | 178                                   | 0                                     |
| 10    | Maharashtra       | 5484                                  | 117                                   | 0                                     |
| 11    | Odisha            | 218                                   | 66                                    | 83                                    |
| 12    | Punjab            | 219                                   | 62                                    | 36                                    |
| 13    | Rajasthan         | 2372                                  | 383                                   | 0                                     |
| 14    | Tamil Nadu        | 383                                   | 29                                    | 75                                    |
| 15    | Uttar Pradesh     | 24081                                 |                                       | 519                                   |
| 16    | Uttarakhand       | 1993                                  | 364                                   |                                       |
| 17    | West Bengal       | 678                                   | 132                                   | 97                                    |
|       | Total             | 40383                                 | 8299                                  | 1074                                  |

Annexure-II referred in reply to Part (c) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No: 3497 for answer on 10.12.2019 Scheme for Rehabilitation of regarding Self  Employment Manual Scavengers.

NUMBER OF MANUAL SCAVENGERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS UNDERGONE SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME UNDER SRMS DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR UPTO 30.11.2019

|       | State          | Total   |
|-------|----------------|---------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh | 104     |
| 2     | Assam          | 95      |
| 3     | Bihar          | 18      |
| 4     | Gujarat        | 19      |
| 5     | Jharkhand      | 24      |
|       | Karnataka*     | 80      |
| 6     | Kerala         | 281     |
| 8     | Madhya Pradesh | 49      |
| 9     | Maharashtra    | 117     |
| 10    | Odisha         | 10      |
| 11    | Punjab         | 57      |
| 12    | Rajasthan      | 359     |
| 13    | Tamil Nadu     | 29      |
| 14    | Uttar Pradesh  | 5780    |
|       | Uttarakhand    | 248     |
| 15    |                | 35      |
| 16    | West Bengal    |         |
| TOTAL | TOTAL          | 7305    |