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Event Report | National Conclave on Implementation and Challenges (Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013 (PEMSR Act, 2013)

February 25, 2025

The National Conclave on Implementation and Challenges PEMSRA Act, 2013, held on February 19-20, 2025, in NLSIU Bangalore and jointly organized by Saifaikarmachari Kavalu Samithi-Karnataka (SKKS), National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Thamate, Sakhi Trust, and the Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR). The event brought together key stakeholders, legal experts, policymakers, and community representatives to discuss the continued failures in enforcement, the systematic neglect of manual scavengers, and the urgent need for comprehensive rehabilitation and social justice measures.