Stringent anti-manual scavenging Bill passed
11 years, 6 months ago

Stringent anti-manual scavenging Bill passed

The Hindu  

A Bill seeking to prohibit employment of individuals as manual scavengers by prescribing stringent punishment, including imprisonment up to five years, was passed by Parliament on Saturday. The Bill, which received a strong push from Congress president Sonia Gandhi and seeks to wipe out the “social stigma” by arranging for alternative jobs and offering other provisions to those in such work and their families, got the unanimous approval of the Rajya Sabha on Saturday. Moving the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2013 in the Upper House, Minister for Social Justice Kumari Selja said the earlier Act did not prove very effective. “Such latrines, where manual scavenging happens, will have to be demolished; otherwise somebody will be engaged to do it,” Ms. Selja said, adding the government would chip in with financial help.

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'We Will Go To Any Extent': Supreme Court Expresses Dismay At Govts Not Implementing Directions To Eradicate Manual Scavenging
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'We Will Go To Any Extent': Supreme Court Expresses Dismay At Govts Not Implementing Directions To Eradicate Manual Scavenging

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on December 11 orally expressed that "it will go to any extent" to make sure the Court's order is complied with while hearing a Public Interest Litigation praying that the major provisions of the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines Act, 1993 as well as the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their …

Manual Scavenging Is State Sanctioned Casteism, Stark Reminder Of Deep-Rooted Discrimination: Madras HC Issues Guidelines For Eradication
11 months ago

Manual Scavenging Is State Sanctioned Casteism, Stark Reminder Of Deep-Rooted Discrimination: Madras HC Issues Guidelines For Eradication

Live Law  

Lamenting over the persistence of manual scavenging in today's day and age, the Madras High Court has issued a slew of guidelines to eradicate manual scavenging and to ensure compliance with the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. The court was hearing a plea by Safai Karamchari Andolan seeking to eradicate manual scavenging in the …

Ensure Effective Implementation Of Law Against Manual Scavenging: Bombay High Court To State
11 months ago

Ensure Effective Implementation Of Law Against Manual Scavenging: Bombay High Court To State

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court recently called for information from the Municipal Corporations of Greater Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivali, and Mira-Bhayander on steps taken for effective implementation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. The reply affidavit must state whether State Monitoring Committee, Vigilance Committees, State Level Survey Committee, District Level Survey Committee and Sub Divisional …

SC orders govt to pay ₹30 lakh to families of those who die cleaning sewer
1 year, 5 months ago

SC orders govt to pay ₹30 lakh to families of those who die cleaning sewer

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court of India on Friday said that government authorities will have to pay ₹30 lakh as compensation to the kin of those who die while cleaning sewers, PTI reported. A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Aravind Kumar also said that those who suffer permanent disabilities while cleaning sewers will be paid a minimum compensation of ₹20 …

In 7 days, over 100 districts report themselves to be manual scavenging-free
1 year, 7 months ago

In 7 days, over 100 districts report themselves to be manual scavenging-free

The Hindu  

More than 100 districts across the country reported themselves to be free of manual scavenging in a period of seven days even as the Union government has said it is vigorously pursuing districts that have not yet done so to complete the procedure. Districts declaring themselves free of manual scavenging are doing so by determining the existence of insanitary latrines …

Social Justice Ministry doubts app’s numbers on cases of manual scavenging
1 year, 8 months ago

Social Justice Ministry doubts app’s numbers on cases of manual scavenging

The Hindu  

Data on the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment’s mobile app ‘Swachhata Abhiyaan’ identifies 6,253 cases of manual scavenging in the country. A note prepared for the Ministry in the Supreme Court said the mobile app was launched on December 24, 2020 to capture the data of insanitary latrines still existing and manual scavengers associated with them. Uploaded photographs on …

Manual scavenging witnessed in Coimbatore a day after Union Social Justice Ministry said all Tamil Nadu districts free from the practice
1 year, 8 months ago

Manual scavenging witnessed in Coimbatore a day after Union Social Justice Ministry said all Tamil Nadu districts free from the practice

The Hindu  

A day after the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said that 530 out of 766 districts in the country have reported themselves as free of manual scavenging, including all the districts in Tamil Nadu, workers were found engaged in manual scavenging in Coimbatore on Thursday. “It was painful to see the man standing inside the clogged manhole and clearing …

Justice evades ‘manual scavenging’ victims
1 year, 8 months ago

Justice evades ‘manual scavenging’ victims

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A social organisation has written to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal and the city collector, claiming that sections under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, were missing from the FIRs in connection with the death of three sanitation workers in last month. HT Image Jan Haq Sangharsh Samiti, which works on …

Supreme Court asks government what it has done to end manual scavenging
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court asks government what it has done to end manual scavenging

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has directed the government to place on record within six weeks the steps taken by it to implement its nearly 10-year-old judgment to end manual scavenging and prevent future generations from the “inhuman practice” while making entry into sewers without safety gear a crime even in emergency situations. A Bench led by Justice S. Ravindra Bhat recently …

Manual scavenging: Appalling practice continues in India despite government promises to end it
2 years, 1 month ago

Manual scavenging: Appalling practice continues in India despite government promises to end it

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 23, 2023 10:40 IST On February 1, 2020, Ravi, 25, descended into a 15-20 feet deep sewer at CBD ground at Karkardooma in Delhi. “No place in the world sends people to gas chambers to die,” the Supreme Court had said on sewer deaths in 2019, asking the Centre why protective gear was not provided to sanitation …

Supreme Court Asked Centre To File Updated Affidavit In Plea Seeking Criminal Action Against Persons Employing Manual Scavengers Within 3 Weeks
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Asked Centre To File Updated Affidavit In Plea Seeking Criminal Action Against Persons Employing Manual Scavengers Within 3 Weeks

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, asked the Union Government to file an updated affidavit in a plea seeking initiation of criminal proceedings against officials, agencies, contractors or any other person involved in engaging or employing manual scavengers resulting in their death at work, within a period of 3 weeks. The PIL filed by "Criminal Justice Society of India" also prays …

No Person Currently Engaged in Manual Scavenging, 158 Died Cleaning Septic Tanks in 3 Yrs: Govt
3 years, 3 months ago

No Person Currently Engaged in Manual Scavenging, 158 Died Cleaning Septic Tanks in 3 Yrs: Govt

News 18  

No person is currently engaged in manual scavenging but 158 persons have died while cleaning sewers or septic tanks in the last three years, the government said on Tuesday. Responding to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale said there have been no reports regarding death of persons due to manual …

Manual Scavenging: Madras High Court Directs State To Submit Report On Compensation Paid And Rehabilitation Measures Taken In Four Weeks
3 years, 3 months ago

Manual Scavenging: Madras High Court Directs State To Submit Report On Compensation Paid And Rehabilitation Measures Taken In Four Weeks

Live Law  

Today, Madras High Court has directed the state to submit a report detailing i) the quantum of compensation paid to the families of deceased manual scavengers so far, and ii) rehabilitation measures undertaken for the benefit of family members of those manual scavengers. The court was hearing a batch of petitions preferred seeking directions to ensure the eradication of manual …

No manual scavenging deaths, 941 died while cleaning sewers: Govt
3 years, 7 months ago

No manual scavenging deaths, 941 died while cleaning sewers: Govt

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: No one succumbed to manual scavenging in India but 941 workers died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks in the last three decades, the government told Parliament on Wednesday, triggering condemnation from activists. However, we have reports regarding deaths of workers while being engaged in cleaning of sewers or septic tanks,” he said, listing out 941 deaths since …

Centre Says No Death Reported Due to Manual Scavenging, Activists Decry Govt Response
3 years, 8 months ago

Centre Says No Death Reported Due to Manual Scavenging, Activists Decry Govt Response

News 18  

No death has been reported due to manual scavenging, the Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry has told Parliament, drawing sharp reaction from activists who said that those people were being robbed of dignity even in their deaths. However, on how many deaths of manual scavengers have been recorded, he replied, “No such deaths have been reported due to manual …

Law Students' Plea Seeking Implementation Of Manual Scavengers Act: Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Response
4 years ago

Law Students' Plea Seeking Implementation Of Manual Scavengers Act: Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Response

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to file its response in a plea moved seeking implementation of the provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Having perused the recommendation made in the plea, the Bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice …

Madras HC to Initiate Criminal Proceedings Against Civic Chiefs over Manual Scavenging Deaths
4 years ago

Madras HC to Initiate Criminal Proceedings Against Civic Chiefs over Manual Scavenging Deaths

News 18  

Manual scavenging continues to haunt Tamil Nadu. The first bench of the Madras high court represented by Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamurthy ruled that criminal proceedings will be initiated against the civic body chiefs like municipal commissioner or corporation commissioner if people die due to manual scavenging. It is really painful to hear that 6 people have …

Issue Directions To All Authorities To Stop Manual Scavenging : Karnataka High Court Directs State Govt
4 years, 1 month ago

Issue Directions To All Authorities To Stop Manual Scavenging : Karnataka High Court Directs State Govt

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday suggested to the State government to consider issuing a general direction to all authorities and agencies and instrumentalities of the state for implementation of Rule 3, of The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Rules, 2013. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum said "The …

Manual Scavenging Most Inhuman; Violates Article 21 : Karnataka High Court Issues Directions To Implement Manual Scavengers Act 2013
4 years, 3 months ago

Manual Scavenging Most Inhuman; Violates Article 21 : Karnataka High Court Issues Directions To Implement Manual Scavengers Act 2013

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued several directions to the state government to ensure proper implementation of the provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. Accordingly, the bench issued the following directions: *The State Government shall place on record the details about the number of First Information Reports registered for the offences …

Govt. to introduce bill to make law banning manual scavenging more stringent
4 years, 6 months ago

Govt. to introduce bill to make law banning manual scavenging more stringent

The Hindu  

The government plans to make the law banning manual scavenging more stringent by introducing a bill in the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which is scheduled to begin from Monday. The Bill proposes to make the law banning manual scavenging more stringent by increasing the imprisonment term and the fine amount, the officials said. The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers …

India's Manual Scavengers Have Been Forgotten In The Covid 19 Narrative
4 years, 11 months ago

India's Manual Scavengers Have Been Forgotten In The Covid 19 Narrative

Live Law  

In India's fight against COVID 19, analysts and healthcare workers have identified groups who might be vulnerable to the infectious disease. More importantly, the practice of Manual Scavenging has been banned in India by promulgation and enactment of the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines Act, 1993 and 2013. While societal pressure is a concern, economic necessity …

Madras HC Directs State Govt To File Report On Steps Taken For Rehabilitation Of Manual Scavengers [Read Order]
5 years, 1 month ago

Madras HC Directs State Govt To File Report On Steps Taken For Rehabilitation Of Manual Scavengers [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Monday asked the State government as to what steps have been taken for the rehabilitation of the families of manual scavengers, apart from payment of compensation to bereaved families. The directions have been passed in a batch of writ petitions, filed against the State for failing to curb manual scavenging, resulting into death of several …

Rise of the Machines can end manual scavenging
5 years, 4 months ago

Rise of the Machines can end manual scavenging

Deccan Chronicle  

The death a 25-year-old man in a septic tank on mall premises in Chennai shows that the practice of using human beings to clean sewers and septic tanks in the state continues unabated. In 2017, the Madras high court, while holding that manual scavenging was prima facie a contravention of human rights and the right to live with dignity as …

P&H HC Issue Mandatory Directions To Eliminate Manual Scavenging & Insanitary Latrines [Read Order]
5 years, 5 months ago

P&H HC Issue Mandatory Directions To Eliminate Manual Scavenging & Insanitary Latrines [Read Order]

Live Law  

Taking suo motu cognizance of news items published in the 'Sunday Tribune' on, September 29, with regards continuing practice of manual scavenging, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana on Thursday issued detailed "mandatory directions" to eliminate the twin evils of insanitary latrines and manual scavenging. The States shall provide Class IV jobs to the legal heirs of persons who …

Unfortunate that manual scavenging exists after 70 years of independence, says Arvind Kejriwal
6 years, 4 months ago

Unfortunate that manual scavenging exists after 70 years of independence, says Arvind Kejriwal

Hindustan Times  

Terming the existence of manual scavenging “unfortunate”, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal resolved on Tuesday that his government would take all possible measures to eliminate the practice. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal resolved on Tuesday that his government would take all possible measures to eliminate the practice of manual scavenging. “It is unfortunate that even after 70 years of Independence, …

Centre keen to eradicate manual scavenging in time-bound manner, says Thawar Chand Gehlot
6 years, 5 months ago

Centre keen to eradicate manual scavenging in time-bound manner, says Thawar Chand Gehlot

Firstpost  

Gehlot asked states to revisit their survey by using the wider definition of manual scavenging as given in the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, New Delhi: Union Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot on Thursday said the Centre was keen on eradicating manual scavenging in a time-bound manner, urging states to implement the relevant law …

Manual scavenging in India doesn't need denial and politicised narrative on solutions, but sanitation policy reforms
6 years, 5 months ago

Manual scavenging in India doesn't need denial and politicised narrative on solutions, but sanitation policy reforms

Firstpost  

Despite a law stressing not only eradication of manual scavenging but also rehabilitation of families dependent on the job, septic tanks have turned into death beds for many young men in India. As per the 2011 Socio-Economic and Case Census, 1,82,505 rural households in India were dependent on manual scavenging for income, and just last month, five young men fell …

Why hasn't there been a single conviction in manual scavenging cases?
7 years, 2 months ago

Why hasn't there been a single conviction in manual scavenging cases?

Deccan Chronicle  

The deaths of workers forced to clean human excreta in manholes, sewage treatment tanks or septic tanks cannot be termed an accident as it amounts to murder. Three workers, Maddhe Gowda, Narayana Swami and Srinivas paid with their lives owing to the abhorrent, inhuman and illegal practice of manual scavenging on January 7 this year in an apartment complex in …

When life and dignity go down the drain
7 years, 2 months ago

When life and dignity go down the drain

Deccan Chronicle  

65 lives lost in six years, in Karnataka alone - manual scavengers, who take on the unholy task of cleaning the city's drains, work in extremely dangerous and toxic conditions that have claimed many a life. In fact, over the last six years 65 manual scavengers have lost their lives across Karnataka, claims the BWSSB Contract Workers' Union. There’s also …

Sanitation project a sham
7 years, 7 months ago

Sanitation project a sham

The Hindu  

HOW many deaths will it take before it is accepted that too many people have died? In just 35 days between mid July and mid August, in New Delhi alone, 10 sanitation workers died while they were engaged in the poorly paid and extremely hazardous task of manual scavenging. Manual scavenging is defined as “the removal of human excrement from …

Manual scavenging is a contravention of human rights: Madras High Court
7 years, 8 months ago

Manual scavenging is a contravention of human rights: Madras High Court

Firstpost  

manual scavenging was prima facie a contravention of human rights and the right to live with dignity as per the Constitution, the Madras High Court today directed the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government Holding that manual scavenging was prima facie a contravention of human rights and the right to live with dignity as per the Constitution, the Madras High …

India’s Female Scavengers Enslaved by Caste, Gender Discrimination
9 years ago

India’s Female Scavengers Enslaved by Caste, Gender Discrimination

The Quint  

India, which banned caste-based discrimination in 1955, has passed several laws to end manual scavenging with government pledges to modernise sanitation and criminalise those who employ manual scavengers. In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a “Clean India Mission” to improve sanitation in the fast-growing economy and increase funding for public toilets to end open defecation. The campaign has helped …

Will the Scourge of Manual Scavenging Ever End?
9 years, 1 month ago

Will the Scourge of Manual Scavenging Ever End?

The Quint  

Safai Karamchari Andolan has been conducting a countrywide campaign for the eradication of manual scavenging. Now, this campaign has been extended to cover the issues of sewerage workers, who are all casual labourers, and are forced to clean manholes and blocked drains without any protective gear. In a significant endorsement of concerns raised by the Safai Karmachari Andolan, the Supreme …

Manual scavenging continues in Madurai
9 years, 5 months ago

Manual scavenging continues in Madurai

The Hindu  

The death of two conservancy workers owing to asphyxiation on Wednesday when they were cleaning an underground drainage at HMS Colony here has exposed the lack of safety measures in place for them and ignorance of the ban on manual scavenging. “Manual scavenging is something that is rooted deep in society as many are still engaged in it,” Mr. Rajan …

Plea to implement law against manual scavenging
10 years ago

Plea to implement law against manual scavenging

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Central and State governments and other agencies concerned to file an affidavit by four weeks to a writ petition seeking the implementation of all the provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act in Tamil Nadu. The new law banned the employment of persons for manual scavenging, …

Raising a stink
10 years, 11 months ago

Raising a stink

The Hindu  

Sema, who retired from the Supreme Court on June 1, 2008, once observed that the court would not dispose of the Safai Karamchari Andolan’s writ petition seeking justice for manual scavengers until the last manual scavenger in the country was rehabilitated. The court was clearly incorrect in suggesting that use of safety gear by a manual scavenger could render the …

Enforce and fully implement Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993, SC to the State Governments [Read Judgment]
11 years ago

Enforce and fully implement Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993, SC to the State Governments [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a PIL filed by Safai Karmachari Andolan seeking a writ against Centre and State Governments for the strict enforcement and implementation of the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines Act, Supreme Court observed that duty casted upon all States and the Union Territories to fully implement the provisions of the Act and to take action against. …

New law in India bans sanitary scavengers
11 years, 5 months ago

New law in India bans sanitary scavengers

Al Jazeera  

For over 24 years, Shankar Rathore returned home from work with a distinctive stench. A new law recently passed in the Indian Parliament might get Rathore to leave his job on the grounds that manual scavenging is a violation of human rights. Often these are not wrapped by -Bebitai Mohite, garbage picker The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and …

New law in India bans sanitary scavengers
11 years, 5 months ago

New law in India bans sanitary scavengers

Al Jazeera  

For over 24 years, Shankar Rathore returned home from work with a distinctive stench. A new law recently passed in the Indian Parliament might get Rathore to leave his job on the grounds that manual scavenging is a violation of human rights. Often these are not wrapped by -Bebitai Mohite, garbage picker The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and …

Parliament passes Bill banning manual scavenging
11 years, 6 months ago

Parliament passes Bill banning manual scavenging

Live Mint  

New Delhi: A Bill seeking to prohibit employment of individuals as manual scavengers by prescribing stringent punishment, including imprisonment of up to five years, to those employing such labour was passed by Parliament on Saturday. The Bill, which had got a strong push from Congress president Sonia Gandhi and seeks to wipe out this “social stigma” by arranging for alternative …

SC upset at delay in passing manual scavenging Bill
12 years, 2 months ago

SC upset at delay in passing manual scavenging Bill

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed serious concern at the inordinate delay in Parliament passing the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill. The committee would expedite the proceedings.” He assured the court that within three months he would also review the Bill and make adequate changes like widening the scope of definition of “Manual Scavenger.” Mr. …

Burying democracy in human waste
12 years, 2 months ago

Burying democracy in human waste

The Hindu  

The >Supreme Court had recently admonished a District Magistrate for filing a >“wrong” affidavit stating that there was no manual scavenging in his district. A scene is of a small girl in a blue frock, and with liquid eyes — what in Tamil we would call “ Neerottam.” She answers the questions about her experience in school. What do you …

India’s great shame
12 years, 4 months ago

India’s great shame

The Hindu  

One of modern India’s great shames is the official failure to eradicate ‘manual scavenging’, the most degrading surviving practice of untouchability in the country. Particularly welcome is the acknowledgment in the preamble of the new bill, that “it is necessary to correct the historical injustice and indignity suffered by the manual scavengers, and to rehabilitate them to a life of …

Scourge of manual scavenging
12 years, 5 months ago

Scourge of manual scavenging

The Hindu  

Saint Valmiki, also known as adi kavi or first poet, exemplified the dos and don’ts of life in the Ramayana, a tale portraying Lord Rama as a model for Hindu virtue. Manual scavenging is another instance of our society behaving ostrich-like in overcoming the caste barrier. This engagement of members of the Valmiki community in manual scavenging and sanitation work …

Washing off this stain will need more
12 years, 5 months ago

Washing off this stain will need more

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court’s unyielding criticism of the government for not eradicating the practice of manual scavenging was the springboard for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to introduce the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012 in the Lok Sabha on September 3. Welcomed as a panacea for the historically iniquitous, caste-ordained practice of manually …

Let the machines take over
12 years, 6 months ago

Let the machines take over

The Hindu  

Laws count for nothing when some of the worst offenders are government-run bodies, agencies and enterprises. The Central government is trying to push through the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012, under pressure from the Supreme Court; but, going by the experience of the past few decades, there is no cause to assume the dehumanising …

Cabinet has cleared Bill on manual scavenging, court told
12 years, 7 months ago

Cabinet has cleared Bill on manual scavenging, court told

The Hindu  

The Union government on Monday told the Supreme Court that the Cabinet had cleared the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012. The court wanted Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval to take instructions and inform it by today whether the Bill would be introduced in this session of Parliament. At the last hearing, the court drew …

Centre fooling people on ending manual scavenging, says Justice Prasad
12 years, 7 months ago

Centre fooling people on ending manual scavenging, says Justice Prasad

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Centre for its callousness in not enacting a law to ban manual scavenging despite giving repeated assurances that it would soon amend the relevant Act. When the Bench asked whether the Bill would be introduced in the ongoing Parliament session, Mr. Raval said, “In all likelihood, it would be introduced but I …

Govt to bring new law to stop manual scavenging
12 years, 11 months ago

Govt to bring new law to stop manual scavenging

Hindustan Times  

Prodded by the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council, the UPA government is set to bring a new, stricter law in the monsoon session of Parliament to eradicate manual scavenging. The Centre's move comes after the latest census figures shows that in at least 0.3% of India's 247 million households- 7.4 lakh households-manual scavengers are still engaged. HT Image "Apart from …

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