The Union Cabinet is likely to consider tomorrow certain amendments to the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012, which seeks to abolish manual scavenging.
The bill was introduced in Parliament on September 3, 2012 and referred to the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment.
Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Selja had recently said manual scavenging remained in practice in many parts of the country despite being banned and termed it as a "blot" on country.
She had said the bill, when turned into a law after it is passed in Parliament, would put in place an effective mechanism for the abolition of this shameful practice.
The Cabinet had in its meeting on May 1 approved certain amendments to the bill, including making mandatory inclusion of women in vigilance committees at district, state and national levels and a survey to identify manual scavengers.
