Government Scheme: What is the Namaste scheme of the government, know how the poor will get the benefit
The government of India runs many schemes that benefit the people. Most of these schemes are for the poor. Many people are not financially capable, the government brings many schemes for them. Today we are going to tell you about the Namaste scheme of the Government of India which started in 2022. Under this scheme, the government trains poor people to work in the best environment. They also get many facilities and we are going to give you information about these.
Scheme for sanitation workers
For information, let us tell you that the Namaste scheme of the Government of India is for the employees cleaning sewers and septic tanks, under which many facilities are made available to them. The government provides many facilities to sanitation workers so that they do not have to get involved in the dangerous work of cleaning sewers and septic tanks. These include occupational safety training, PPE kits, capital for projects related to sanitation, and opportunities to work.
Under this scheme, trained and certified workers are employed to clean sewers and septic tanks. This scheme aims to reduce the deaths of sanitation workers in India. Sanitation workers are given business training and subsidy is also provided to buy vehicles and machines related to sanitation.
Waste pickers will also be included.
Gurugram Municipal Corporation area has made further changes regarding the Namaste scheme of the Government of India. Now more than 5000 waste pickers of Gurugram will also benefit under the Namaste scheme, they will get the facility of PPE kit for garbage collection, time health insurance benefits. For this, they will have to register themselves through a digital app. They will also get insurance coverage.