Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 and Its Provisions

Government Resolutions

• Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013
• Government Resolution dated 7 August 2015
• Government Resolution by the Social Justice Department dated 11 June 2019
• Social Justice and Special Assistance Department, Government Resolution No. Hamaiu-2019/Pr. No. 358/Ajak, dated 12 December 2019

Main objective of the Scheme

• To prohibit manual scavenging and rehabilitate those engaged in it.

Benefits/Provisions under the Act:

• Prohibition of Unhygienic Toilets: Conducting surveys of unhygienic toilets and converting them into sanitary toilets.
• Identification and Rehabilitation: Identifying manual scavengers, registering them, and rehabilitating them.
• Prohibition of Hazardous Cleaning: Prohibiting hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks.
• Mechanical Cleaning: Ensuring sewers and septic tanks are cleaned mechanically.
• Responsibility of Rehabilitation: The responsibility of rehabilitating manual scavengers lies with the District Magistrate.
• Compensation: Provision for one-time compensation.
• Housing and Financial Assistance: Providing land and financial assistance for building houses or providing ready-built houses.
• Vocational Training and Loans: Offering vocational training and concessional loans for alternative livelihoods.
• Penalties: Building unhygienic toilets and employing manual scavengers is a punishable offense.
• Surveys: Local self-government bodies are responsible for conducting surveys of unhygienic toilets and manual scavengers.
• Compensation for Deaths: Provision for immediate assistance of ₹10 lakh to the heirs of manual scavengers who died while performing manual scavenging since 1993.
• Special Management Cell: Establishing a special management cell.
• Effective Implementation: Ensuring effective implementation of welfare schemes.
• Awareness Programs: Conducting awareness programs.

Contact:

Assistant Commissioner of Social Welfare of the respective district

Beneficiary:

As mentioned above

Benefits:

As mentioned above