Tabular Data
Details of Rehabilitation Provided under Self Employment Scheme For Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers and From 2013-14 upto 18.07.2019
|
S.NO
|
Name of State/Union Territory
|
Onetime Cash Assistance(Number of Beneficiaries)
|
Skill Development Training (Number of Beneficiaries)
|
Capital Subsidy
(Number of Beneficiaries)
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
1460
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
Assam
|
682
|
45
|
0
|
|
3
|
Bihar
|
131
|
18
|
0
|
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
5
|
Gujarat
|
96
|
19
|
0
|
|
6
|
Jharkhand
|
108
|
24
|
0
|
|
7
|
Karnataka
|
1505
|
80
|
190
|
|
8
|
Kerala
|
504
|
161
|
0
|
|
9
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
341
|
58
|
0
|
|
10
|
Maharashtra
|
5484
|
0
|
0
|
|
11
|
Odisha
|
218
|
66
|
83
|
|
12
|
Punjab
|
214
|
62
|
36
|
|
13
|
Rajasthan
|
2359
|
257
|
0
|
|
14
|
Tamilnadu
|
364
|
29
|
47
|
|
15
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
19385
|
6152
|
480
|
|
16
|
Uttarakhand
|
1889
|
280
|
74
|
|
17
|
West Bengal
|
654
|
132
|
97
|
|
|
Total
|
35397
|
7383
|
1007
|
Details of manual scavengers identified after the coming into force of prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013”(MS Act, 2013)
|
S.NO
|
Name of State/Union Territory
|
Name of identified Mannual Scavengers
|
|
As per Survey under MS Act, 2013
|
As per National Survey, 2018
|
Total
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
78
|
1982
|
2060
|
|
2
|
Assam
|
154
|
542
|
696
|
|
3
|
Bihar
|
137
|
0
|
137
|
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
|
5
|
Gujarat
|
0
|
108
|
108
|
|
6
|
Jharkhand
|
0
|
201
|
201
|
|
7
|
Karnataka
|
732
|
1754
|
2486
|
|
8
|
Kerala
|
0
|
600
|
600
|
|
9
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
36
|
562
|
598
|
|
10
|
Maharashtra
|
0
|
7378
|
7378
|
|
11
|
Odisha
|
237
|
0
|
237
|
|
12
|
Punjab
|
91
|
142
|
233
|
|
13
|
Rajasthan
|
338
|
2590
|
2928
|
|
14
|
Tamilnadu
|
363
|
62
|
425
|
|
15
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
12095
|
18280
|
30375
|
|
16
|
Uttarakhand
|
137
|
4787
|
4924
|
|
17
|
West Bengal
|
104
|
637
|
741
|
|
|
Total
|
14505
|
39625
|
54130
|
Source: Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Rajya Sabha, GoI Updated on 26th July, 2019
Government data claims there are only 12,753 manual scavengers
According to the information provided by Vijay Sampla, the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in the Rajya Sabha last week, manual scavengers are found in 13 states. The minister provided a table of state-wise data – contested by activists – which claimed there are 12,753 manual scavengers in India and over 10,000 of them in Uttar Pradesh alone.
The state/UT data as per the latest information available on the basis of survey undertaken in the States/UTs from 13 states is as follows:
Status of women engaged in scavenging based on different socio economic indicators
Source: Socio Economic Status of Women Manual Scavengers [Baseline Study Report -2014]