Lok Sabha Question No. 3594 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Scheme for Manual Scavengers
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3594 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2021

## SCHEME FOR MANUAL SCA VENGERS

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

(a) the number of manual scavengers who have been rehabilitated and self employed under Scheme for Self-Employment and Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers, the details thereof; State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Under  the Scheme for Self-Employment and  Rehabilitation of  Manual   Scavengers, 58,098 persons have been one-time cash assistance of Rs. 40,000 for facilitating switch to alternative 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: paid

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Annexure referred in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3594 for answer on 10.08.2021 regarding Scheme for Manual Scavengers:

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

|       |                | Coverage                 | Coverage                    | Coverage                                                                                                                        |
|-------|----------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       |                | One Time Cash Assistance | Skill Development Training_ | Capital subsidy for self employment projects and sanitation related projects for manual scavengers including sanitation workers |
|       | A&N Islands    |                          |                             | 3                                                                                                                               |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh | 1793                     | 180                         | 11                                                                                                                              |
| 3     | Assam          | 3921                     | 460                         | 0                                                                                                                               |
| 4     | Bihar          | 131                      | 18                          |                                                                                                                                 |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh   | 3                        |                             |                                                                                                                                 |
| 6     | Gujarat        | 105                      | 19                          |                                                                                                                                 |
| 7     | Jharkhand      | 192                      | 34                          |                                                                                                                                 |
| 8     | Karnataka      | 2927                     | 251                         | 294                                                                                                                             |
| 9     | Kerala         | 518                      | 314                         |                                                                                                                                 |
| 10    | Madhya Pradesh | 510                      | 98                          | 3                                                                                                                               |
| 11    | Maharashtra    | 6325                     | 1332                        | 0                                                                                                                               |
| 12    | Odisha         | 230                      | 66                          | 92                                                                                                                              |
| 13    | Punjab         | 231                      | 62                          | 41                                                                                                                              |
| 14    | Rajasthan      | 2673                     | 824                         |                                                                                                                                 |
| 15    | Tamilnadu      | 398                      | 29                          | 78                                                                                                                              |
| 16    | Uttar Pradesh  | 32473                    | 10664                       | 694                                                                                                                             |
| 17    | Uttarakhand    | 4988                     | 1475                        | 74                                                                                                                              |
| 18    | West Bengal    | 680                      | 231                         | 97                                                                                                                              |
| Total | Total          | 58098                    | 16057                       | 1387                                                                                                                            |