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Sanitation
The Prohibition of Employment As Manual Scavengers and their protective equipment and construction of insanitary latrines. The law also
Rehabilitation Act, 2013: Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers provides rehabilitation of manual scavengers and alternative employment
and their Rehabilitation Act 2013 came into force on 6 December 2013 to them in time bound manner. From then onwards, the construction and
across India except Jammu and Kashmir. The law prohibits employment maintenance of the insanity latrines had become an offence, therefore no
of manual scavengers, manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks without one could be employed or engaged as manual scavenger.
T-PRIDE scheme: T-PRIDE stands for Telangana State Program for Rapid Rs.75 lakh only). Land will be allotted to SC / ST Entrepreneurs in proportion
Incubation Dalit Entrepreneurs incentive scheme. It provides special to their population in the state. It will be allotted on lease basis for a period
incentive package for SC/ST Entrepreneurs. Additional 10% investment of 10 years with lease rent @Rs. 100/- per annum per acre and Special fund
subsidy on fixed capital investment is limited to Rs. 10.00 lakh to MSEs, for direct lending to SC/ST entrepreneurs.
solely owned by women entrepreneur (total investment subsidy limited to
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