National Commission for Safai Karamcharis

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The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) is currently a temporary non-statutory body [1] that investigates the conditions of Safai Karamcharis (waste collectors) in India and makes recommendations to the Government of India.

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NCSK was constituted 12 August 1994 as a statutory body for a three-year period under the NCSK ACT, 1993. It continued till February 2004, when the relevant Act expired. There between 1994 and 2004, it is a statutory body. Since 2004, NCSK has been revived several times, the last extension due to expire on 31 March 2022. [2] [3] [4]

Functions

NCSK studies, evaluates and monitors the implementation of various schemes for Safai Karamcharis as an autonomous organisation. It also provides redressal of their grievances.

NCSK functions include: [5]

In the discharge of its functions, NCSK can demand information from any Government or local or other authority. Present Chair person is Manhar Valjibhai Zala. [6]

See also

References

  1. "National Commission for Safai Karmacharis". National Commission for Safai Karamcharis is a temporary non-statutory body which is given extension, usually of three years, from time to time.
  2. Gazette of India notification
  3. "National Commission for Safai Karamcharis - Schemes and Programs - Scheduled Caste Welfare: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India". Socialjustice.nic.in. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  4. Special Correspondent (29 September 2011). "Safai Karamcharis panel demand quasi- judicial powers". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 July 2013.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  5. "National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act, 1993 - CHAPTER III (FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE COMMISSION)". by Government of India. ncsk.nic.in. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  6. "Current Commission | National Commission for Safai Karamcharis". Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2025.