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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Centre to states: Use SECC to take manual scavengers into rural skilling programmes -Shalini Nair

Centre to states: Use SECC to take manual scavengers into rural skilling programmes -Shalini Nair

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published Published on Mar 1, 2019   modified Modified on Mar 1, 2019
-The Indian Express

The SECC has identified a total of 1.82 lakh households where at least one person is employed in manual scavenging in rural India, numbers which have been dismissed as gross underestimate by organisations working in the area.

The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has issued orders to all states to use the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) so as to identify persons working as manual scavengers, persons with disabilities, and women-led households as priority beneficiaries for its skilling programme in villages.

In a recent letter, the MoRD has also directed all states to provide a monthly progress report on the skilling of this particular sub-set identified as the most vulnerable and in need of training under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana.

“About 26,000 beneficiaries identified for provision of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana are those who are working as manual scavengers; houses have been provided to 6,000 of them so far. We will start with first imparting skill training to these 26,000 people so that they are rehabilitated in alternative jobs,” said MoRD Secretary Amarjeet Sinha. He added that states have been asked to identify priority beneficiaries and submit the list to the Centre at the earliest.

The SECC has identified a total of 1.82 lakh households where at least one person is employed in manual scavenging in rural India, numbers which have been dismissed as gross underestimate by organisations working in the area. However, when asked to verify these numbers, states confirmed the existence of only 13,000 manual scavengers in rural India.

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The Indian Express, 1 March, 2019, https://indianexpress.com/article/india/centre-to-states-use-secc-to-take-manual-scavengers-into-rural-skilling-programmes-5605863/


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