Lok Sabha Question No. 1350 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Upliftment of Safai Karamcharis
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Saikia Dilip, Ramesh Chander Kaushik

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. +1350 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2021

## UPLIFTMENT OF SAFAI KARAMCHARIS

+1350.

SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

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

- a) the schemes run by the Government for the upliftment of sanitation workers/safai karamcharis in the country, State-wise including Assam and Haryana; being
2. (b) whether the Government has received any type of complaint regarding the schemes run by the State Governments for the upliftment of sanitation workers;
3. if s0, the details thereof and the action taken thereon;
4. (d; the quantum of funds allocated by the Government after the year 2014, State-wise;
- e) whether  the Government has   fixed any  responsibility for the   irregularities in these schemes; and
6. (f) if the details thereof? SO,

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC) has been implementing various loan and non-loan based schemes and programmes for upliftment of Safai Karamcharis all over the country   including Assam and   Haryana: Details are given at Annexure-I:
- (b) and (c): No Sir.
- (d):The details of State-wise funds allocated to the States from Financial Year 2014-15 to 202122 (upto 31.01.2021) are at Annexure-II:
- (e) and (f: No such irregularities in the schemes,  implemented by NSKFDC, reported in this Department:

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## Details of loan and non-loan based schemes and programmes for upliftment of Safai Karamcharis by NSKFDC

|    | General Term Loan (GTL)                                                                                     |
|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    | Mahila Adhikarita Yojana (MA Y)                                                                             |
| 3  | Mahila Samridhi Yojana (MSY)                                                                                |
|    | Micro Credit Finance (MCF)                                                                                  |
| 5  | Education loan (EL) ~For study in India ~For study abroad                                                   |
|    | Green Business (GB)                                                                                         |
|    | Scheme for and Use" community toilets ~Pay                                                                  |
| 8  | Swachhta Udyami Yojana (SUY) (Scheme for procurement of sanitation related equipments/vehicles)             |
|    | Individual SHG JRG /Cooperative                                                                             |
| 10 | Municipal Corporation/Jal Boards; Public Health & Engineering Departments, Cantonment Boards, Railways etc. |
|    | Skill Development Training Programmes (SDTP)                                                                |

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## Statement showing State-wise funds disbursed by NSKFDC from 2014-15 to 2020-21 as on 31.01.2021

(Rs.in Lac)

| SLNo.     | Name of the StatelUT   | 2014-15 to 2020-21 (as on 31.01.2021)   |
|-----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|           | Andhra Pradesh         | 16942.86                                |
|           | Assam                  | 995.62                                  |
|           | Bihar                  | 1361.25                                 |
|           | Chandigarh             | 99.23                                   |
|           | Ochaittisgarh          |                                         |
|           | Gujarat                | 13724.56                                |
|           | Haryana                | 134.42                                  |
|           | Himachal Pradesh       | 1662.10                                 |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir        | 2049.01                                 |
| 1         | Jharkhand              | 1732.55                                 |
| 12        | Karnataka              | 5036.01                                 |
| 13        | Kerala                 | 12754.80                                |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh         | 3218.15                                 |
| 15        | Maharashtra            | 5028.24                                 |
| 16        | Manipur                | 0.00                                    |
| 17        | Meghalaya              | 0.00                                    |
| 18        | Mizoram                | 0.00                                    |
| 19        | Nagaland               | 613.49                                  |
| 20        | Odhisha                | 1545.75                                 |
| 21        | Puducherry             | 136.00                                  |
| 22        | Punjab                 | 2286.00                                 |
| 23        | Rajasthan              | 7945.56                                 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu             | 6910.59                                 |
| 25        | Tripura                | 1540.44                                 |
| 26        | Telangana              | 2211.05                                 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh          | 14390.60                                |
| 28        | Uttarakhand            | 1349.67                                 |
| 29        | West Bengal            | 2121.05                                 |
| Total     |                        |                                         |
| 111054.84 | 111054.84              | 111054.84                               |