(a) the financial assistance provided to States under Low Cost Sanitation Scheme during each of the last three years, State-wise and project-wise;
(b) whether a notification had been issued by his Ministry to all the States and Union Territories regarding the abolition of manual scavenging;
(c) if so, the details of States who did not implement it alongwith the reasons therefor; and
(d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Union Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT & POVERTY ALLEVIATION ( SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA )
(a): Details are at Annexure.
(b)to(d): Yes, Sir. The Employment of Mannual Scavengers and
Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 has come
into force with effect from 26th January, 1997 in all the Union
Territories and States of Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka,
Maharashtra, Tripura and West Bengal. Subsequently, the State
Governments of Orissa, Punjab, Assam, Haryana, Bihar and Gujarat
have also adopted the Act. Information regarding implementation
of this Act has not been received from the remaining State
Governments. They are being reminded from time to time to adopt
the Act.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION
NO.2628 FOR 8.8.2000.
FUNDS RELEASED BY HUDCO UNDER LOW COST SANITATION SCHEME AS ON 30.6.2000
(Rupees in lakhs)
S.NO. NAME OF STATE 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 - Loan Subsidy Loan Subsidy Loan Subsidy -
1. ANDHRA PRADESH 406.87 80.52 3985.10 794.27 4270.18 3625.59
2. ASSAM 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
3. BIHAR 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
4. GOA 400.00 0.00 400.00 0.00 160.00 0.00
5. HARYANA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6. JAMMU & KASHMIR 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 KARNATAKA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
8. KERALA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
9. MADHYA PRADESH 0.00 0.00 100.55 0.00 55.00 95.51 10. MAHARASHTRA 0.00 0.00 0.00 79.82 0.00 299.95 11. MANIPUR 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 16.24 12. MEGHALAYA 10.43 8.47 19.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 13. MIZORAM 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 14. ORISSA 3.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15. PUNJAB 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 153.94 722.23 16. RAJASTHAN 0.00 164.63 0.00 166.48 0.00 38.47 17. TAMIL NADU 0.00 19.69 105.87 31.11 0.00 0.00 18. TRIPURA 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.79 0.00 0.00 19. UTTAR PRADESH 1244.92 972.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 602.19 20. WEST BENGAL 376.45 388.15 270.00 0.00 1279.77 764.41 21. ANDAMAN & 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 NICOBAR TOTAL 2442.17 1633.71 4881.06 1130.47 5918.89 6164.59