Lok Sabha Question No. 5445 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Rehabiltation of Manual Scavengers
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5445 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2022

## REHABILTATION OF MANUAL SCA VENGERS

## 5445. SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

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

- (a) the   number under   the Self-Employment Scheme for  Rehabilitation Statewise including  Jharkhand, district-wise;
- (6) the steps taken by the Government to enhance the performance of the scheme and inclusion of more beneficiaries especially in Jharkhand; and
- whether there have been no capital subsidies released under the scheme and if the details thereof? SO,

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Two surveys have been conducted at the initiative of the Ministry of Social Justice Empowerment during the year 2013 and 2018 for the identification of Manual Scavengers Statewise details of eligible identified manual scavengers are at Annexure:

The details of the number of eligible manual scavengers (MS); identified in Jharkhand, districtwise is given as follows:-

|       | District   |   No. of MS identified |
|-------|------------|------------------------|
|       | Bokaro     |                     73 |
|       | Gumla      |                     32 |
| 3     | Lohardaga  |                     87 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL      |                    192 |

- (b): With a view to identify the manual scavengers left from identification; Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched a mobile app "Swachhata Abhiyaan' on 24.12.2020 to capture the data of insanitary latrines still existing and manual scavengers associated with them: person can upload the data of insanitary latrines and manual scavengers on the mobile app: Thereafter; the data is verified by the concerned district administration: However, not & single insanitary latrine has been confirmed s0 far after the launch of the Any App:
- (c): The SRMS scheme is demand driven, there is no proposal from the State Channelizing Agency (Jharkhand   State SC Cooperative  Development  Corporation) of  Jharkhand release of Capital Subsidy for Self Employment Projects of beneficiaries under SRMS.

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Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5445 for answer on 05.04.2022 regarding Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers

## State-wise\_number of\_manual scavengers identified

| S. NO:   | Name of State/UT   | No. of Eligible Manual Scavengers identified   |
|----------|--------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| (1)      | (2) (3)            | (2) (3)                                        |
|          | Andhra Pradesh     | 1793                                           |
| 2        | AAssam             | 3921                                           |
|          | Bihar              | 131                                            |
|          | IChhattisgarh      |                                                |
| 5        | Gujarat            |                                                |
|          | Jharkahand         |                                                |
|          | Karnataka          | 2927                                           |
| 8        | Kerala             |                                                |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh     |                                                |
| 10       | Maharashtra        | 6325                                           |
| 11       | Odisha             | 230                                            |
| 12       | Punjab             | 231                                            |
| 13       | RRajasthan         | 2673                                           |
| 14       | Tamilnadu          | 3981                                           |
| 15       | Uttar Pradesh      | 32473                                          |
| 16       | Uttarakhand        | 49881                                          |
| 17       | West Bengal        | 680                                            |
|          | TTotal             | 580981                                         |

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