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"Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan' is a national campaign to
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Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan is the National Campaign for Dignity and Eradication of Manual Scavenging, focused on the eradication of the inhuman practice of manual scavenging and comprehensive rehabilitation of manual[3] scavengers in India. The campaign was launched by Jan Sahas in 2001 and has proven to be a very innovative and effective program to end manual scavenging[4]. By 2002, Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan had become a coalition of 30 community-based organizations from 13 Indian states working to encourage manual scavengers to voluntarily leave the practice[5]. The campaign's primary objective is not related to rehabilitation of homeless persons (Option A), sex workers (Option B), or bonded laborers (Option D), but specifically targets the elimination of manual scavenging—a caste-based discriminatory practice—and the dignified rehabilitation of those engaged in it. Therefore, option C accurately describes the purpose of this national campaign.
Sources- [4] https://idsn.org/wp-content/uploads/user_folder/pdf/New_files/Key_Issues/Manual_scavenging/Maila_Mukti_Yatra_2012-13_-_Note.pdf
- [5] https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/08/25/cleaning-human-waste/manual-scavenging-caste-and-discrimination-india
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- Statement 1: Is Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan a national campaign to rehabilitate homeless and destitute persons and provide them with suitable sources of livelihood?
- Statement 2: Is Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan a national campaign to release sex workers from their practice and provide them with alternative sources of livelihood?
- Statement 3: Is Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan a national campaign to eradicate the practice of manual scavenging and rehabilitate manual scavengers?
- Statement 4: Is Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan a national campaign to release bonded labourers from bondage and rehabilitate them?
- Explicitly names Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan as a national campaign focused on dignity and eradication of manual scavenging.
- States the campaign's purpose as 'Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers', indicating rehabilitation focus but targeted to manual scavengers rather than broadly to all homeless/destitute.
- Contains the exact objective: 'To rehabilitate the homeless and destitute persons and provide them with suitable source of livelihood.'
- This line shows such a rehabilitation-and-livelihood objective exists in some programme text, but the passage does not link this objective to Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan.
Shows the pattern that 'Abhiyaan' (campaign) names are used for national initiatives launched by a government ministry (e.g., Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan).
A student could infer that a scheme named 'Rashtriya ... Abhiyaan' might similarly be a centrally launched campaign and then check ministry notifications or programme descriptions to verify its objectives.
Provides concrete facts about the scale and needs of the urban homeless (lack of night shelters, ID documents), highlighting typical rehabilitation needs addressed by policies.
One could use this to reason that a campaign claiming to rehabilitate homeless persons would likely include provisions for shelters, identity documentation, and access to services—so check if Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan lists these components.
Gives an historical example (Sharada Sadan/Mukti Sadan) where shelters plus vocational training were used to make destitute persons self-reliant.
A student could compare the program elements (shelter + vocational training) with the stated components of Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan to judge whether it fits the rehabilitation + livelihood model.
Lists national livelihood programmes (NRLM, NULM, PMKVY) as established mechanisms for providing skill development and livelihood access.
Use this to test whether Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan partners with or resembles these missions (e.g., targets urban/rural livelihoods or skill training) to assess its livelihood provision claim.
Describes MGNREGA as a major statutory programme aimed at livelihood security—illustrating the kind of large-scale intervention that provides livelihoods to vulnerable groups.
A student could check whether Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan coordinates with or complements national livelihood guarantees like MGNREGA when claiming to provide suitable livelihood sources.
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