Manual Scavenging in India
Syllabus subtopic: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.
Prelims and Mains focus: about the problem of manual scavenging in India; reasons and govt’s efforts in curbing it.
Background
While civil society started a movement in the 1990s to ab
National Commission on Safai Karamcharis (NCSK)
About National Commission on Safai Karamcharis (NCSK)
The NCSK was established in the year 1993 as per the provisions of the NCSK Act 1993 initially for the period upto 31.3.1997. Later the validity of the Act was initially extended up to 31.3.2002 and thereafter up to 29.2.2004. The NCSK Act ceased to have effect from 29.2.2004.
After that, the tenure of the NCSK has been extended as a non-statutory body from time to time t