Lok Sabha Question No. 1934 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: NAMASTE Scheme
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Tirath Singh Rawat, Sanjay Jaiswal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1934 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2023

NAMASTE SCHEME

+1934. SHRI TIRA TH SINGH RAWAT: DR SANJAY JAISWAL:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of subsidy provided on sanitation machines   under the  *National Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) scheme in the country, State and city-wise;
- (6) whether the sanitation workers are being fully supported to mechanize septic tank cleaning and sewer cleaning in towns and cities through above scheme and if so, the details thereof; Statewise; and
- (c) the account of death toll attributed to the cleaning of hazardous sewers and tanks in various States of the country during the last five years? septic

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE)

(a) & (b): To tackle hazardous cleaning the Government has formulated a new scheme called 'National Action for Mechanised Sanitation   Ecosystem (NAMASTE) to implement from 01.04.2023 to 31.03.2026.Under the scheme

- a. Sanitation   workers are collectivized into SHGs and are empowered to run sanitation enterprises
- b. Sewer and Septic tank sanitation workers (SSWs) and their dependents also have access to livelihoods by providing capital subsidy for purchase of sanitation related equipments.

The present scale of admissible subsidy for sanitation related projects is as under:capital

| Project cost upto Rs5.00 lakh                            | 50% of the project cost_                                                                                                 |
|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Project cost above Rs. 5.00 lakh and upto Rs. 15.00 lakh | 25% of the remaining project cost above Rs. 5.00 lakh                                                                    |
| with each beneficiary project share maximum              | Same as above with maximum per member capital subsidy of Rs. 3.75 lakh and maximum group project subsidy of Rs18.75 lakh |

Capital Subsidy of Rs. 22.93 Cr has been released for procurement of 286 units of sanitation related equipments/ projects by 641 Safai Karamcharis under SRMS. A statement showing State-wise &   Year-wise details of beneficiaries covered and capital subsidy released under SRMS is given at Annexure-L

NSKFDC has also released loans of Rs 86.84 Cr to the State Channelizing Agencies (SCAs) for procurement of mechanized cleaning equipments/ vehicles to 2509 number of beneficiaries under Swachhta Udyami Yojana (SUY) as on 30.06.2023. A Statement showing Year-wise & State-wise funds disbursed and beneficiary covered to SCAs under Swachhta Udyami Yojana is given at Annexure-IL

(c): Deaths have occurred in State/UTs due to hazardous cleaning of sewers and tanks and non observance of safety precautions as prescribed under the "Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 and MS Rules, 2013". septic

Details of  cleaning workers who have lost   their lives due to hazardous   cleaning of sewerlseptic tanks during last five years and current year are enclosed in Annexure-III:

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## Annexure-I referred in reply to parts (a) and (b) of the Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1934 for answer on 01.08.2023 regarding NAMASTE Scheme:

|                     |                      |                    | (RsIn Lakh)              |
|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
| 2020-21             |                      |                    |                          |
| State               | No: of Beneficiaries | Number of Machines | Capital Subsidy released |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 3                    | 3                  | 9.75                     |
| Total-A             | 3                    | 3                  | 9.75                     |
| 2021-22             |                      |                    |                          |
| State               | No: of Beneficiaries | Number of Machines | Capital Subsidy released |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 336                  | 93                 | 1219.08                  |
| Odisha              | 19                   | 9                  | 62.43                    |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 42                   |                    | 155.36                   |
| Haryana_            |                      |                    | 9.88                     |
| A & N Islands       |                      |                    | 38.19                    |
| JharKhand           |                      | 5                  | 19.39                    |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 18                   | 18                 | 64.32                    |
| Total-B             | 461                  | 194                | 1678.4                   |
| 2022-23             |                      |                    |                          |
| State               | No: of Beneficiaries | Number of Machines | Capital Subsidy released |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 14                   | 14                 | 52.82                    |
| Jharkhand           | 2                    | 2                  | 7.70                     |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 106                  | 35                 | 342.28                   |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 32                   | 32                 | 133.95                   |
| Telangana           | 23                   | 6                  | 68.53                    |
| Total-C             | 177                  | 89                 | 605.28                   |
| Grand Total (A+B+C) | 641                  | 286                | 2293.43                  |

## Annexure-Il referred in reply to parts (a) and (b} of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1934 for answer on 01.08.2023 regarding NAMASTE Scheme Statement showing Year-wise & State-wise funds disbursed and beneficiary covered to SCAs under Swachhta Udyami Yojana (SUY) as on 30.06.2023

|     |                                                            |                                                                                |             |        | 2015-16   | 2016-17   |     | 2017-18   |      | 2018-19   |     | 2019-20   |      | 2020-21   |     | 2021-22   |     | 2022-23   |     | Total   | (Rs. In Lac)   |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----|-----------|------|-----------|-----|-----------|------|-----------|-----|-----------|-----|-----------|-----|---------|----------------|
| No. | Name of State/ut                                           | SCA                                                                            | 2014-15 Fin | Phy    | Fin       | Phy       | Fln | Phy       | Fin  | Fin Phy   | Phy | Fln       | Phy  | Fin       | Phy | Fin       | Phy | Fin       | Phy | Fin     | Phy            |
|     | Andhra Pradesh                                             | Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes, Cooperative Finance Corporation Ltd.(APSCCFC) | 0.00        | 172.25 | 13        | 807.30    |     | 207       | 0.00 | O.00      |     | 4494.75   | 1383 | 0.00      |     | 1622.70   | 270 | 385.20    | 420 | 7482.20 | 2293           |
|     |                                                            | Canara Bank                                                                    | 0.00        | 0.00   |           | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |      | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |      | 17.33     |     | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |     | 17.33   |                |
|     | Jammu & Kashmir                                            | JekSC, ST & BC Development Corporation                                         | 270.00 100  | 0.00   |           | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |      | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |      | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |     | 270,00  | 100            |
|     |                                                            | Ltd (JKSCDC) Kerala Gramin                                                     | 0.00        | 76.50  | 10        | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |      | 0.00      |     | O.00      |      | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |     | O.00      |     | 76.50   | 10             |
|     | Nagaland                                                   | Bank (KGB) Nagaland Industrial Development Corporation                         |             | O.00   |           | 9.00      |     | 0.00      |      | O.00      |     | O.00      |      | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |     | 9.00    |                |
|     |                                                            | Ltd (NIDC) Narmada Jhabua Gramin Bank (NJGB) Odisha                            | 0.00        | 112.5  |           | O.00      |     | 0.00      |      | 0.00      |     | 0.0       |      | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |     |           |     | 112.50  |                |
|     | Odisha                                                     | 76.50                                                                          |             | O.00   |           | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |      |           |     |           |      | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |     | 76.50   |                |
|     | Rajasthan Rajasthan Scheduled                              | Ltd. (OSCDC) 0.00                                                              |             | 0.00   |           | 0.00      |     | O.00      |      | 0.00      |     | 207.90    | 33   | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |     | 119.70    | 19  | 327.60  | 52             |
|     | Corporation West West Bengal SCs, STs & OBCs Development & | Ltd (RSTFDC)                                                                   |             | 0.00   |           | 87.50     | 25  | 225.00    | 10   | O.00      |     | 0.00      |      | 0.00      |     | 0.00      |     | O.C0      |     | 312.50  | 35             |
|     | Bengal Finance Corporation Total                           | (WBSCDFC)                                                                      | 346.50 107  | 361.25 | 30        | 903.80    | 235 | 225.00    | 10   | 0.00      |     | 4702.65   | 1416 | 17.33     |     | 1622.70   | 270 | 504.90    | 439 | 8684.13 | 2509           |

Annexure-III referred in reply to part (c) of the Lok answer on 01.08.2023 regarding NAMASTE Scheme

States/UTs and years wise details of death of persons in sewers and septic tanks during the last five years and current year (2018 to 2023)

| S: No:   |                      | 2018               | 2019               | 2020               | 2021               | 2022               | 2023               |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| S: No:   |                      | Total No: of death | Total No: of death | Total No: of death | Total No: of death | Total No: of death | Total No: of death |
| 1_       | Andhra Pradesh       | 9                  |                    | 0                  | 0                  |                    |                    |
| 2        | Chhatisgarh          | 1                  |                    | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  |                    |
| 3_       | Delhi                | 11                 | 10                 | 4                  | 4                  | 6                  |                    |
| 4        | Dadra Nagar & Haveli |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |
| 5_       | Gujarat              |                    | 14                 |                    |                    |                    | 3                  |
| 6.       | Haryana              |                    | 16                 |                    |                    |                    |                    |
| 7_       | Jharkhand            |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |
| 8        | Karnataka            |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |
| 9        | Maharashtra          |                    |                    |                    |                    | 3                  |                    |
|          |                      |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    | 0                  |
|          |                      |                    | 5                  |                    |                    |                    |                    |
| 14.      | Tamil Nadu           |                    | 15                 |                    |                    | 13                 |                    |
| 15.      | Telangana            |                    | 0                  |                    |                    | 8                  |                    |
| 16.      | Uttar Pradesh        |                    | 26                 |                    |                    |                    |                    |
| 17.      | Uttarakhand          |                    | 1                  |                    |                    |                    |                    |
| 18.      | West Bengal          |                    | 2                  |                    |                    | 0                  |                    |
|          | Total                |                    | 117                | H                  | 58                 | 66                 |                    |

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Annexure-III