India, Aug. 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
For sanitation workers engaged in contractual employment, limited income and lack of access to mechanized equipment can create significant barriers to improving their livelihoods. Timely financial assistance and access to mechanization can provide opportunities for sanitation workers to transition towards self-employment and achieve greater economic stability.
Demonstrating how financial support under the Swachhta Udyami Yojana (SUY) component of the NAMASTE scheme can support livelihood transformation, Shri Satish Kumar, a 54-year-old sanitation worker from Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, moved from contractual sanitation work to becoming a self-employed Sewer Suction M...