‘Only Gujarat, Maharashtra has utilised funds for wards of scavengers’
The Hindu
They were sent to study abroad, says RTI activist
Over the last decade, only Gujarat and Maharashtra used funds from the National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation to assist wards of manual scavengers to pursue higher education abroad.
According to information obtained through the Right To Information (RTI) Act by Madurai-based activist S. Karthik from 2011-12 to 2021-22 (till September 23, 2021), 43 students from Gujarat and two from Maharashtra benefited from the Corporation.
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