Lok Sabha Question No. 1395 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: Waste Picker under NAMASTE Scheme
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Shri Bharatsinhji Shankarji Dabhi, Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato, Smt. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, Smt. Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya, Smt. Kamlesh Jangde, Shri Praveen Patel, Shri Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava, Shri Lumbaram Choudhary, Shri P P Chaudhary, Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Shri Captain Brijesh Chowta, Smt. Smita Uday Wagh, Smt. Aparajita Sarangi, Smt. Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Shri Dineshbhai Makwana, Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal

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

UNSTARRED  QUESTTON  NO.139s TO BE ANSWERED  ON 29,07.2025

## WASTE PICKER UNDER NAMASTE SCHEME

1395.SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL:

SMT. APARAJITA SARANGI:

SMT. KAMLESH JANGDE:

SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA  DEVARAYALU:

SMT. MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH:

SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH:

SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:

SHRI JANARDAN  SINGH SIGRIWAL:

SHRI BHARATSINHJI SHANKARJI  DABHI:

SHRI DINESHBHAI  MAKWANA:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI LUMBARAM  CHOUDHARY:

SHRI JASWANTSINH  SUMANBHAI  BHABHOR:

SHRI PARBHUBHAI  NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

SMT. SHOBHANABEN MAHENDRASINH  BARAIYA:

SHRI CAPTAIN  BRIJESH CHOWTA:

SMT. KAMALJEET  SEHRAWAT:

SHRI SURESH  KUMAR KASHYAP:

## will the Minister  of socIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT  be pleased  to state:

- (a) the number of waste pickers  profiled  under the National  Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem  (NAMASTE)  Scheme;
- (b) the target number  of waste pickers  proposed  to be enumerated  nationwide offering  them formal identity  and social protection,  State and district-wise  including  Himachal  pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka,  Rajasthan and Gujarat  including  tribal areas  of Dahod;
- (c)  whether the Letter of Agreement  with United National  Development  programme  (uNDp)  for establishing state Project  Management  units (PMUs)  under NAMASTE  scheme  provides  any financial support;  and
- (d)  if so' the number  of such PMUs to be set up and details  of financial  support  allocated  for the establishment and the timeline  prescribed  for their operational  ization,if  not, the reasons therefor, State-wise  including  Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

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

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- (a): National  Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem  (NtrAMASTE) scheme is a Central Sector Scheme for the welfare of Sewer  and Septic Tank Workers  (SSWs)  and Waste  Pickers.
- 37,980 waste pickers have been validated  in various Urban Local Bodies  (ULBs) across the country  till date.
- (b): There is no target for enumeration  of waste  pickers State and district-wise for the ongoing work of enumeration of waste pickers.
- (c) & (d): Letter of Agreement  between United National Development  Programme  ([JNDP) and National Safai Karamcharis  Finance and Development Corporation  (NSKFDC) provides financial support by UNDP for State Project  Management Units (PMUs)  for implementation of Waste Pickers component  under the NAMASTE  scheme.

Rs. 2,24,40,000/- have been allocated  for establishment  of 34 PMUs  for implementation  of NAMASTE scheme for a period upto 31.03.2026.

State-wise  allocation including  Maharashtra is at Annexure.

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Annexure

## Annexure  referred in reply to parts (c) and (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred  Question  No. 1395 for answer on29.07.2025  regarding Waste Picker under NAMASTE  scheme.

| S. No.   | STATES/UTs        | No. of State PMUs allocated   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
| I        | Andhra Pradesh    | I                             |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | I                             |
| J        | Assam             | I                             |
| 4        | Bihar             | I                             |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | I                             |
| 6        | Goa               | I                             |
| 7        | Gujarat           | I                             |
| 8        | Haryana           | I                             |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | I                             |
| l0       | Jammu and Kashmir | I                             |
| ll       | Jharkhand         | I                             |
| I2       | Karnataka         | I                             |
| l3       | Kerala            | I                             |
| t4       | Ladakh            | I                             |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    | 2                             |
| t6       | Maharashtra       | 2                             |
| t7       | Manipur           | I                             |
| l8       | Mizoram           | I                             |
| 19       | Meghalaya         | I                             |
| 20       | Nagaland          | I                             |
| 2t       | Odisha            | I                             |
| 22       | Puducherry        | I                             |
| 23       | Punjab            | I                             |
| 24       | Rajasthan         | I                             |
| 25       | Sikkim            | I                             |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu        | I                             |
| 27       | Telangana         | I                             |
| 28       | Tripura           | 1                             |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh     | 2                             |
| 30       | Uttarakhand       | I                             |
| 3l       | West Bengal       | I                             |
|          | Total             | 34                            |

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