‘Only 6% of 42,300 manual scavengers got skill training’

The parliamentary standing committee on social justice and empowerment noted that while 42,303 manual scavengers were identified under a national survey in 2018, skill development training was imparted to only 1,682 candidates in 2018-19 and 978 in the current year. The report was tabled in the winter session of parliament that ended on Friday.

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