1Professor, Rajiv Gandhi Chair for Panchayati Raj Studies, Department of Political Science and Development Administration, Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram, E-mail: gpalanithurai@gmail.com
2Ph D Scholar, Department of Political Science and Development Administration, Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram
Online published on 25 August, 2017.
This article seeks to investigate into the implementation process of the prohibition of employment as manual scavenger and their rehabilitation act, 2013 in Tamil Nadu through a micro study conducted in one of the backward districts. The article brought to light the ambivalent attitude of the implementation agencies and the poor scientific support system for creating a scientific sanitation system to maintain sanitation and rehabilitation of the manual scavengers. It brought to highlight the seriousness of the issues associated with the implementation process of the act.
Manual Scavengers Act 2013, Tamil Nadu, India
