• ●Appointed: Bhagwat Prasad Makwana (Chairperson), Kaishab Bihari (Vice-Chairperson), and Members Manoj Kumar Balmiki, Sushma Gaudiyal and Ravi Ramu Kalose — all effective up to 31 March 2028.
• ●The Chairperson has earlier served as Vice-Chairman and Chairman of Uttarakhand's Safai Karamchari Commission and on the Central Monitoring Committee under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.
• ●The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis was constituted on 12 August 1994 as a statutory body under the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act, 1993, initially for three years.
• ●The 1993 Act lapsed on 29 February 2004, since when the NCSK has continued as a NON-STATUTORY body of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, extended by Cabinet decision — most recently up to 31 March 2028.
• ●Manual scavenging is prohibited by the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, which superseded the 1993 employment-prohibition law.
• ●NAMASTE — National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem — was launched in 2023 by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, replacing the Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (SRMS).
• ●NAMASTE is implemented by the National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation and covers profiling of sewer and septic tank workers, PPE kits, capital subsidy for sanitation equipment and AB-PMJAY health cover; waste pickers were added in 2024.

What is the present status of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis?