UPSC General Studies Solved Paper - General Studies-2016

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    '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.

    D)  release the bonded labourers from their bondage and rehabilitate them.

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Exp. [c] Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan started nationwide march for total eradication of inhuman slavery of manual scavenging (Maila Mukti Yatra) from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on 30th November, 2012. This is a 10,000 km yatra which reached New Delhi on 31st January, 2013. The yatra covered 200 districts of 18 states of India. More than 10,000 liberated women and around 50,000 manual scavengers participated in events during the yatra.


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