National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK)

4.National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK): Union Cabinet recently approved the extension of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) for three years till March 31, 2028.

• About NCSK: Set up as a statutory body in 1994 under the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act, 1993.
• Non-statutory Status: The Act lapsed in 2024, making the Commission non-statutory, but its scope expanded under The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.
• Key Mandate: Recommend specific action plans to eliminate inequities for safai karamcharis → Study and evaluate social & economic rehabilitation programmes for safai karamcharis
• and scavengers → Investigate non-implementation of programmes, schemes, and laws related to safai karamcharis → Take up such matters with the relevant authorities for resolution.