Lok Sabha Question No. 4091 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-17
Subject: Workers under NAMASTE
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Shri Dileshwar Kamait

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4091

## WORKERS UNDER NAMASTE

## 4091. SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

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

- Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) as of December 2025 distribution, including State-wise;
- b) the average increase in income of sanitation workers following the implementation of mechanised sanitation initiatives;
- the  number of workers those have been enrolled in social   security   schemes under NAMASTE and the percentage of total sanitation workers;
- (d) whether the Ministry has identified measurable indicators showing enhanced efficiency O productivity due to mechanisation; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof; State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): 89,114 Sewer and Septic Tank Workers (SSWs) have been validated under NAMASTE scheme, as on 31.12.2025. State-wise details are at Annexure.
- (b): Details   regarding   average   increase in income of sanitation   workers   following the implementation of mechanised sanitation initiatives is not maintained
- (c): 73,864 SSWs are covered under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJA Y); State's Health Schemes and NAMASTE scheme which is 82.88% of the total number of SSWs validated as on 31.12.2025.
- (d) & (e): No measurable indicators have SO far been identified to show enhanced efficiency or 'productivity due to mechanisation.

## Annexure referred in reply to part () of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4091 for answer on 17.03.2026 regarding Workers under NAMASTE

State ~wise detail of validated Sewer and Septic Tank Workers (as on 31.12.2025)

| S.No:   | Name of State                            | Validated Sewer and Septic Tank Workers   |
|---------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 60                                        |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                           | 4018                                      |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 86                                        |
| 4       | Assam                                    | 462                                       |
| 5       | Bihar                                    | 3462                                      |
| 6       | Chandigarh                               | 253                                       |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                             | 1465                                      |
| 8       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 116                                       |
| 9       | Delhi                                    | 3649                                      |
| 10      | Goa                                      | 250                                       |
| 11      | IGujarat                                 | 7634                                      |
| 12      | Haryana                                  | 2677                                      |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh                         | 428                                       |
| 14      | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 725                                       |
|         | JJharkhand                               | 1115                                      |
| 16      | Karnataka                                | 6308                                      |
| 17      | Kerala                                   | 1797                                      |
| 18      | Ladakh                                   | 21                                        |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                              | 86                                        |
|         | IMadhya Pradesh                          | 3401                                      |
| 21      | Maharashtra                              | 8595                                      |
| 22      | Manipur                                  | 185                                       |
| 23      | Meghalaya                                | 108                                       |
| 24      | Mizoram                                  | 143                                       |
| 25      | Nagaland                                 | 105                                       |
| 26      | Odisha                                   | 1294                                      |
| 27      | [Puducherry                              | 243                                       |
| 28      | [Punjab                                  |                                           |
| 29      | Rajasthan                                | 4043                                      |
| 30      |                                          | 107                                       |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                               | 6981                                      |
| 32      | Telangana                                | 3796                                      |
| 33      | Tripura                                  | 352                                       |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh                            | 12418                                     |
| 35      | Uttarakhand                              | 638                                       |
| 36      | West Bengal                              | 7630                                      |
|         | Total                                    | 89114                                     |

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