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SC orders Centre, states to eradicate manual scavenging in phased manner

Observing that a large segment of India's population, involved in manual scavenging, has remained unheard and muted, in bondage and systematically trapped in inhumane conditions, the Supreme Court......

SC ends caste-based discrimination in jails, overrules jail manuals

The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside caste-based discriminatory provisions of prison manuals of around 11 states while deprecating the practice of distribution of work and segregation of......

SC seeks details from Centre on steps taken to stop manual scavenging

The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to apprise it about the status of implementation of a 2013 law that prohibits manual scavenging and the steps taken to rehabilitated people falling within the......

634 deaths related to manual scavenging recorded in 25 years

More than 600 people have died while cleaning septic tanks and sewers across the country in the past 25 years, according to data collated by the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis.......

Manual scavenging -- a national shame

While India is going in a great path towards becoming digital India there are some things which are shame to our nation. One of it is the manual scavenging. Manual scavenging is a caste-based......

FM to meet state CMs, banks to review credit flow

In the run-up to the 2014 general elections, Finance Minister P Chidambaram will review credit flow to agriculture, education and housing and monitor progress of centrally sponsored schemes, at a......

Can 'Toil-o-preneurs' solve India's sanitation woes

On the one had are sanitation oriented social enterprises and on the other are awareness raising campaigns by government, writes Rajni Bakshi. A law that bans toilets where human excreta has......

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Rehabilitation Of Manual Scavengers

News for Rehabilitation Of Manual Scavengers

SC orders Centre, states to eradicate manual scavenging in phased manner

SC ends caste-based discrimination in jails, overrules jail manuals

SC seeks details from Centre on steps taken to stop manual scavenging

634 deaths related to manual scavenging recorded in 25 years

Manual scavenging -- a national shame

FM to meet state CMs, banks to review credit flow

Can 'Toil-o-preneurs' solve India's sanitation woes

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