Waste Picker Enumeration App
Kartavya Desk Staff
Source: PIB
Context: The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launched a Nationwide Waste Picker Enumeration App under the NAMASTE scheme to formalize, empower, and provide social security to waste pickers.
About the Waste Picker Enumeration App:
• What is it? A digital platform to enumerate, identify, and support waste pickers through social security and livelihood-based interventions under the NAMASTE Scheme.
• A digital platform to enumerate, identify, and support waste pickers through social security and livelihood-based interventions under the NAMASTE Scheme.
• Ministry Involved: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) In collaboration with Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Implemented via National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC)
• Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE)
• In collaboration with Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)
• Implemented via National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC)
• Objective: To recognize waste pickers as essential workers in India’s solid waste management system To provide them with identity, protection, and integration into formal urban systems
• To recognize waste pickers as essential workers in India’s solid waste management system
• To provide them with identity, protection, and integration into formal urban systems
• Key Features:
• Large-Scale Profiling: Targets enumeration of 2.5 lakh waste pickers and issue’s occupational identity cards for formal recognition.
• Health and Safety Coverage: Provides health insurance under Ayushman Bharat and distributes personal protective equipment and seasonal safety kits.
• Skill and Livelihood Support: Offers skill development training and capital subsidy for waste collection vehicles to promote sustainable livelihoods.
• Strengthening Waste Management Systems: Supports formation of waste picker collectives to manage 750 dry waste collection centres across urban areas.
• Knowledge-Based Empowerment: Releases key resources like the Mainstreaming Waste Picker Collectives Guide and Charting Change socio-economic insights report.
About NAMASTE Scheme:
• What is it? National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) is a Central Sector Scheme launched to formalize and rehabilitate sanitation workers engaged in hazardous cleaning and solid waste management.
• National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) is a Central Sector Scheme launched to formalize and rehabilitate sanitation workers engaged in hazardous cleaning and solid waste management.
• Launched In: July 2023
• Ministries Involved: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Nodal Ministry) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) (Convergence Partner) Implementing agency: National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation
• Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Nodal Ministry)
• Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) (Convergence Partner)
• Implementing agency: National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation
• Aim: To ensure dignity, safety, and livelihood for sewer workers, septic tank cleaners, and now, waste pickers To eliminate manual scavenging and promote mechanized, skilled sanitation services
• To ensure dignity, safety, and livelihood for sewer workers, septic tank cleaners, and now, waste pickers
• To eliminate manual scavenging and promote mechanized, skilled sanitation services