'Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan' is a national campaign to
- (a) rehabilitate the homeless and destitute persons and provide them with suitable sources of livelihood
- (b) release the sex workers from their practice and provide them with alternative sources of livelihood
- (c) eradicate the practice of manual scavenging and rehabilitate the manual scavengers ✓ UPSC's answer
- (d) release the bonded labourers from their bondage and rehabilitate them
Why the answer is (c)
• Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan is a national campaign led by the NGO Jan Sahas for the eradication of manual scavenging and the dignified rehabilitation of manual scavengers, mostly Dalit women — option (c).
• It organised the 'Maila Mukti Yatra' (2012) and campaigns against sewer deaths, supporting the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers Act, 2013.
• It is not about the homeless (a), sex workers (b) or bonded labour (d).
• Hence option (c).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) rehabilitate the homeless and destitute persons and provide them with suitable sources of…
- It does not target the homeless.
- (b) release the sex workers from their practice and provide them with alternative sources of…
- It does not target sex workers.
- (d) release the bonded labourers from their bondage and rehabilitate them
- It does not target bonded labour.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2016, held on 7 August 2016. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.