Which among the following statement is are correct about Manual Scavenging 1 Manual scaven...........

Maharashtra Polity and Governance

Which among the following statement is/are correct about Manual Scavenging:

1. Manual scavenging is the practice of removing human excreta by hand from sewers or septic tanks.

2. India banned the practice under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 (PEMSR).

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

What is Manual Scavenging?

=> Manual scavenging is the practice of removing human excreta by hand from sewers or septic tanks.

=> It is mostly carried out by a subgroup of the Dalits, an outcast community also known as “untouchables” within India’s ancient system of caste hierarchies.

“Untouchables” are often impoverished, shunned by society and forbidden from touching Indians of other castes, or even their food.

=> India banned the practice under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 (PEMSR).

=> The Act bans the use of any individual for manually cleaning, carrying, disposing of or otherwise handling in any manner, human excreta till its disposal.