Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 8 JUNE 2023

Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013:

✅It bans manual scavenging.

It widened the definition of manual scavengers by including it in all forms of manual removal of human excreta.

✅It lays a key focus on rehabilitating the manual scavengers by organising training programs (at a stipend of Rs. 3000) and offering scholarships to their children.

✅It makes the offence of manual scavenging cognizable and non-bailable.

✅It makes it obligatory for employers to provide protective tools to the workers.