The Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers  (SRMS) was approved as a successor to National Scheme for Liberation of Rehabilitation of Seavengers (NSLRS)  during 2006.  A table showing the number of beneficiaries who have been provided loan under the Scheme and funds allocated to the State Channelising Agencies of the concerned States given below :-

( As on June 2010)
S. No. Name of State/UT No. ofbeneficiairesprovided loan Funds released to SCAs    (Rs. In Lakhs)
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1 Assam 5543 1306.52
2 Bihar 8009 1601.08
3 Delhi 537 95.46
4 Gujarat 4209 1655.03
5 Himachal Pradesh 1506 232.28
6 Jammu & Kashmir 83 18.60
7 Jharkhand 2879 506.50
8 Karnataka 9 0.75
9 Madhya Pradesh 13260 4687.65
10 Maharashtra 9885 1973.81
11 Meghalaya 130 52.50
12 Orissa 14077 2232.92
13 Puducherry 30 4.51
14 Rajasthan 932 331.53
15 Tamil Nadu 10352 2301.42
16 Uttar Pradesh 3161 1049.70
17 Uttarakhand 404 26.40
18 West Bengal 3935 881.32
Grand Total 78941 18957.977

This information was given by Shri D. Napoleon, the Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment in the Lok Sabha