• Dr.Sulfiya Samad

The practice of manual scavenging has accursed Indian society since time long-established. As the practice is closely connected to the social order, Governments, advocacy groups and academic world together raised the voice to eliminate the practice since the last two decades. Thereby we constituted the Safai Karamchari Andolan (SKA) in 1994,The Self Employment Scheme for Liberation and Rehabilitation of Scavengers (SRMS) in January 2007 with the objective of rehabilitating them and their dependents with alternative livelihood and The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 aims to eliminate insanitary latrines (those not connected to pits/septic tanks/sewage lines) alongside tracking the rehabilitation of manual scavengers in other occupations and conducting periodic surveys. However, asper the reports of National Crime Bureau and the database of National Commission of Safai Karmacharis, it can be clearly reveals that beyond the stringent provisions of act and actions of Government measures severe practice of manual scavenging still existing and it causes workplace death of manual scavengers which has been remained as not reported and properly compensated as per the provisions. In this ground, this research paper tries to find out the role of SRMS in the augmentation of standard of living of scavengers of Kerala with special reference to Kollam District. The paper has been used secondary data analysed through descriptive statistics related to the variables to establish the conclusion of the study and a case study approach by interviewing a few scavengers from Kollam and Alappuzha districts were followed.

: Manual Scavenging, SRMS, Standard of Living, Socio-Economic analysis.

"Role of the Self Employment Scheme for Liberation and Rehabilitation of Scavengers (SRMS) in the Upliftment of Standard of living of Manual Scavengers in Kerala.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no.f228-f235, September-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309528.pdf

"Role of the Self Employment Scheme for Liberation and Rehabilitation of Scavengers (SRMS) in the Upliftment of Standard of living of Manual Scavengers in Kerala.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no. ppf228-f235, September-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309528.pdf