UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2016

'Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan' is a national campaign to

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

Answer

Correct Answer

eradicate the practice of manual scavenging and rehabilitate the manual scavengers

Explanation

Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan is a national campaign aimed at eradicating manual scavenging and rehabilitating manual scavengers into alternative livelihoods.

Topics: government schemes, indian polity, manual scavenging, social welfare