An Act to provide for the prohibition of employment as manual scavengers, rehabilitation of manual scavengers and their families, etc.
An Act to provide for the prohibition of employment as manual scavengers, rehabilitation of manual scavengers and their families, etc.
Suo Motu cognizance taken by the Commission in the cases of reported sewer deaths to make compensation payment as per Hon'ble Supreme Court Judgement 2014.
Initiatives taken by the Commission as per the mandate & achievements made.
Impact of Commission's Intervention
The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) was constituted on 12th August, 1994 as a statutory body by an Act of Parliament viz. ‘National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act, 1993’, for a period of three years i.e. up to 31st March, 1997. As per sub-section (4) of Section 1 of the Act, it was to cease to exist after 31.3.1997. However, validity of the Act was extended up to March, 2002, and then up to February, 2004 vide Amendment Acts passed in 1997 and 2001 respectively.
