Author: Government of India, Department of Social Welfare
Title: Report of the Committee on Customary Rights to Scavenging
Description: New Delhi, Govt. on India Press, (1969). orig.wrappers. (10), 131 pp, 21x13cm,. Textual tables. Spine chipped, hinge tears, rubbed, cover stains & soil, Good. ¶ Contents: What are Customary Rights? Genesis & Growth of Brit-Jajmani ( Customary Rights); Legal Aspect of Brit-Jajmani; Income from Brit-Jajmani; Evils of Brit-Jajmani; Municipalisation of Scavenging - Attitude of Scavengers; Attitude of Public; Attitude of Municipalities; Methods of Abolition of Brit-Jajmani - Alternative Employment; Cash Grants & Rehabilitation; How to Start Abolition of Brit-Jajmani; Underground Drainage & Water-Borne Latrines; Summary of Recommendations; Appendices.

Keywords: Indian Ethnology, Scavengers Caste, Untouchable Castes, India Scavenging, Social Welfare, Dalit Sociology, Nightsoil Removal, Human Manure, Municipal Scavenger, Customary Law