Athawale in Parliament: 73.31% of guide scavengers from Scheduled Castes
Out of the 58,098 guide scavengers within the nation, 42,594 belong to scheduled castes, printed the Minister of State of Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale, in a reaction to a query via RJD Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Kumar Jha.
The Ministry has mentioned that quite a lot of surveys on guide scavengers within the nation had been performed consistent with the provisions of the MS Act, 2013. Those surveys have showed a disproportionately huge selection of guide scavengers are from Scheduled Castes, whilst 431 guide scavengers belong to the OBC class, 421 to scheduled tribes and 351 guide scavengers belong to the “Others” class.
The Ministry has additional mentioned that the federal government is enforcing a Central Sector Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Guide Scavengers (SRMS), which gives a one-time money help of Rs 40,000; ability coaching for the scavenger and their dependents with a stipend of Rs 3,000 per 30 days for the duration in their coaching; capital subsidy of Rs five lakh for many who have taken loans for self-employment initiatives; and medical health insurance beneath Ayushman Bharat for scavengers and their households.
The Ministry has printed complete protection of the one-time money cost, which it says has been given to all guide scavengers within the nation.
The Ministry has mentioned that 18,199 scavengers had been given ability coaching and 1,562 beneficiaries had been given capital subsidies.
Guide scavenging have been banned in 2013, with the availability that nobody may well be hired as a guide scavenger from that date.
