Which of the following statements are correct regarding the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scav...........

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Which of the following statements are correct regarding the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013?

The Act prohibits the employment of persons as manual scavengers and construction of insanitary latrines.
Offenses under the Act are punishable with imprisonment and a fine but are bailable in nature.
The Act mandates the rehabilitation of manual scavengers by providing training, loans, and other welfare measures.
The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis is the sole authority to monitor the implementation of the Act.

Select the correct statement.

1&2 only

1,2&4 only

2&3 only

1&3 only

Only statements 1&3 are correct.

Statement 2 is incorrect: Offenses under the Act are punishable with imprisonment and a fine, but they are non-bailable in nature.
Statement 4 is incorrect: While the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis plays an important role in monitoring, it is not the sole authority. Other bodies, such as district magistrates and municipal authorities, also have responsibilities under the Act.

About Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013

It was passed in 2013 to provide for the prohibition of employment as manual scavengers and the rehabilitation of manual scavengers and their families.
The broad objectives of the act are to eliminate unsanitary latrines, prohibit the employment of manual scavengers and the hazardous manual cleaning of sewer and septic tanks, and to maintain a survey of manual scavengers and their rehabilitation.

Provisions:

No person or agency can engage or employ any person for manual scavenging.
Any person or agency who engages any person in manual scavenging in violation of the provisions of the MS Act, 2013 is punishable with imprisonment up to 2 years, a fine up to Rs. One Lakh, or both.
It outlines the provisions for the rehabilitation of sanitation workers and their families.
After a survey of manual scavengers, the local administration must give them a photo identity card with details of their family members and monetary compensation. Their children must get a government scholarship, and they must get a residential plot and money to construct on it.
It is also illegal for a sewer or septic tank to be cleaned by a person without the employer providing protective gear and cleaning devices and observing safety precautions.
Under the Act, every local authority must make sure that there are no insanitary latrines in its jurisdiction and no manual scavengers are employed. A local authority is a municipality or a panchayat, which is responsible for sanitation in its jurisdiction.
Local authorities must construct community sanitary latrines (which don’t require the manual removal of human excreta) and make arrangements for their hygienic upkeep at all times. They must also ensure the use of technological appliances for cleaning sewers, septic tanks and other such spaces in their jurisdictions.