Cabinet extends tenure of National Commission for Safai Karmacharis till 2025

  • | Wednesday | 19th January, 2022

New Delhi, Jan 19 (PTI) Government on Wednesday extended the tenure of National Commission for Safai Karmacharis by three years up to March 31, 2025.The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, I&B Minister Anurag Thakur told reporters here.The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) was constituted on 12th August 1994 as a statutory body by an Act of Parliament for a period of three years.The validity of the Act was extended up to February 2004 twice by passing amendment bills by Parliament, according to the website of the Commission.Since the lapse of the "The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act in 2004, the Commission has been acting as a non-statutory body of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The tenure of the Commission was being extended from time to time through Government Resolutions. The mandate of the body includes recommending to the central government specific programmes of action towards elimination of inequalities in status, facilities and opportunities for sanitation workers. PTI SKC RT


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