‘Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan’ is a national campaign to

1. A. rehabilitate the homeless and destitute persons and provide them with suitable sources of livelihood
2. B. release the sex workers from their practice and provide them with alternative sources of livelihood
3. C. eradicate the practice of manual scavenging and rehabilitate the manual scavengers
4. D. release the bonded labourers from their bondage and rehabilitate them

Answer: C

Explanation

Campaign has started in 2001 known as ‘Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan’, (National Campaign for Dignity and Elimination of Manual Scavenging) has proven to be a very innovative and effective program to eliminate manual scavenging practice. Campaign has liberated 11,000 women manual scavengers in various parts of India and urged them to give up this caste-based, unconstitutional practice. In its efforts campaign attain to social, economic, political and cultural rehabilitation of Manual Scavenger.