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Govt okays amendments to manual scavenging eradication bill

Nod for amendments to scavenging eradication Bill

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the amendments to the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012, piloted by the Union Social Justice and Empowermen... The Hindu, 3 weeks ago

Govt approves amendments to bill seeking to eradicate manual scavenging - News on Air, 3 weeks ago

Govt approves amendments to manual scavenging eradication bill - Economic Times, 3 weeks ago

Silicon India

Approval to changes in scavenging legislation

New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The union cabinet Wednesday approved changes in the anti-manual scavenging legislation to make it more effective, official sources said. The bill would be introduced in parliament.The proposed changes in the Prohibition of ...

News Track India, 3 weeks ago

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Hindu Business Line

Nothing can be worse than this

In contemporary times, one of the worst forms of regression, a practice that leaves us appalled, is manual scavenging. What could possibly be a more gruesome form of human exploitation than compelling people belonging to a certain community to ...

Hindu Business Line, 1 month ago

Purge Bharat of manual scavenging

Rate this item (0 votes) Font Size Decrease font size Increase font size Author: Devender Singh The Union Government should urgently pass a legislation to tackle this disgrace to society. It must then without delay frame rules for effective and ...

New Delhi Pioneer, 2 months ago

Par panel applauds new bill to eliminate manual scavenging

A Parliamentary committee has applauded a new bill that seeks to eliminate manual scavenging and insanitary latrines while providing for rehabilitation of people involved in the practice. "The committee welcomes the laudable objects of the new bill. The ...

Deccan Herald, 2 months ago Parliamentary panel applauds new bill to eliminate manual scavenging Zee News, 2 months ago

Manual Scavengers

As per the information provided by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA), which is the nodal Ministry of the Government of India for €?The Employment of and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act,1993', whi As per ...

Press Information Bureau, 2 weeks ago Manual scavenging banned: CM Deccan Herald, 2 months ago

Govt clears Rs 11,000 cr modernisation plan for central forces

The Govt on Wednesday approved a Rs 11,000-crore project for modernisation of central paramilitary forces, including ITBP which guards the now tense Sino-Indian border. The high-powered Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), headed by Prime Minister ...

DDI News, 3 weeks ago

India Today

Sulabh founder beats poverty and caste barrier to emerge as Bihar's unusual entrepreneur

At age 12, his foot slipped from a 30-feet high mango tree where he had climbed to fetch mangoes. It left his left arm with multiple fractures. Many thought amputation was the only choice but a village quack somehow saved his hand.But his life ...

India Today, 2 months ago

Cabinet extends tenure of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis

New Delhi, Mar. 21 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today extended the tenure of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) for a further period of three years beyond 1.4.2013 to 31.3.2016, with the existing terms. The Cabinet said that the ...

TruthDive, 2 months ago

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