Lok Sabha Question No. 628 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-03
Subject: Waste Picker Enumeration App
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Shri K E Prakash

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.628 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2026

## WASTE PICKER ENUMERATION APP

## 628. SHRI KE PRAKASH:

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

- (a) the current status of the enumeration being carried out under the National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) Scheme through the Waste Picker Enumeration App and the total number of individuals enumerated so far; and
- (b) the details of region-wise trends and patterns observed from the enumeration data, particularly with respect to the gender, social category and generational engagement of individuals involved in waste picking?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Profiling of the Waste pickers has commenced in all States/ UTs and 1,52,813 Waste Pickers have been profiled and validated through NAMASTE Waste Picker App across urban areas.
- (b): State-wise details of Waste Pickers profiled and validated in Urban Areas, particularly with respect to gender and social category is at Annexure.

## Annexure referred in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 628 for answer on 03.02.2026 regarding Waste Picker Enumeration App.

State-wise details of Waste Pickers profiled and validated in Urban Areas, particularly with respect to gender and social category (As on 23.01.2026).

| State/ UT                 | Gender   | Gender   | Gender                             | Gender   | Social Category   | Social Category   | Social Category        | Social Category   |
|---------------------------|----------|----------|------------------------------------|----------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
| State/ UT                 | Female   |          | Male Transgender General OBC Other |          |                   |                   | SC                     | ST                |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 24       | 46       |                                    | 63       | 4                 |                   | 3                      |                   |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 5640     | 4147     | 2                                  | 81       | 2840              | 472               | 3825                   | 2571              |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 75       | 99       |                                    | 10       | 20                |                   | 10                     | 134               |
| Assam                     | 1342     | 1739     |                                    | 856      | 466               |                   | 1377                   | 379               |
| Bihar                     | 1197     | 2344     |                                    | 78       | 410               |                   | 2724                   | 316               |
| Chandigarh                | 246      | 538      |                                    | 30       | 19                |                   | 701                    | 33                |
| Chhattisgarh              | 3882     | 486      |                                    | 228      | 1798              | 45                | 1255                   | 1042              |
| Daman & Diu Nagar Haveli  |          | 6        |                                    |          |                   |                   |                        |                   |
| Delhi                     | 2833     | 3683     |                                    | 4287     | 627               | 90                | 1419                   | 93                |
| Goa                       | 490      | 796      |                                    | 729      | 152               | 35                | 192                    | 178               |
| Gujarat                   | 1731     | 2309     |                                    | 123      | 209               | 31                | 1798                   | 1880              |
| Haryana                   | 497      | 1879     |                                    | 141      | 208               | 348               | 1588                   | 91                |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 391      | 560      |                                    | 120      | 48                | 32                | 744                    |                   |
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 554      | 3505     |                                    | 414      | 127               | 12                | 3435                   | 71                |
| Jharkhand                 | 370      | 589      |                                    | 24       | 158               | 25                | 585                    | 167               |
| Karnataka                 | 4667     | 2726     |                                    | 456      | 1272              | 90                | 4583                   | 992               |
| Kerala                    | 1343     | 151      |                                    | 122      | 670               | 56                | 623                    | 23                |
| Ladakh                    | 53       | 21       |                                    |          |                   |                   | 1                      | 73                |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 2156     | 3719     |                                    | 342      | 916               | 42                | 3789                   | 786               |
| Maharashtra               | 19995    | 16989    |                                    | 3134     | 3723              | 2863              | 24904                  | 2361              |
| Manipur                   | 165      | 254      |                                    | 187      | 126               |                   | 85                     | 21                |
| Meghalaya                 | 263      | 399      |                                    | 53       | 2                 |                   | 30                     | 577               |
| Mizoram                   | 19       | 16       |                                    |          |                   |                   |                        | 35                |
| Nagaland                  | 279      | 314      |                                    | 25       | 26                | -                 | -                      | 542               |
| Odisha                    | 2477     | 1310     | 4                                  | 792      | 828               | 57                | 1509                   | 605               |
| Puducherry                | 1095     | 159      | -                                  | 12       | 205               | 55                | 978                    | 4                 |
| Punjab                    | 387      | 1234     |                                    | 115      | 82                | 31                | 1387                   | 6                 |
| Rajasthan                 | 782      | 706      |                                    | 69       | 243               | 4                 | 1117                   | 55                |
| Sikkim                    | 30       | 257      | -                                  | 98       | 50                | 8                 | 63                     | 68                |
| Tamil Nadu                | 15586    | 10426    | 4                                  | 1103     | 1229              | 2472              | 19540                  | 1672              |
| Telangana                 | 1359     | 1733     | -                                  | 180      | 553               | 319               | 1588                   | 452               |
| Tripura                   | 1001     | 568      | -                                  | 372      | 383               | 133               | 617                    | 64                |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 2350     | 11862    |                                    | 765      | 3215              | 91                | 9596                   | 545               |
| Uttarakhand               | 370      | 866      | -                                  | 168      | 126               | 13                | 912                    | 17                |
| West Bengal               | 778      | 1938     | -                                  | 1152     | 213               | 61                | 1111                   | 179               |
| Grand Total               | 74427    | 78374    | 12                                 | 16329    |                   |                   | 20954 7402 92089 16039 |                   |

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