India, Aug. 21 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
For sanitation workers seeking safer and more sustainable livelihoods, limited access to finance and mechanised equipment can be a major barrier. Timely financial assistance can help them move away from hazardous manual practices, establish independent enterprises and secure dignity at work.
Demonstrating the transformative potential of mechanisation, Neeraj, a 40-year-old resident of Bhikanpur village in Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, established his own mechanised sanitation service enterprise with support under the Swachhta Udyami Yojana (SUY) component of the NAMASTE Scheme.
Neeraj belongs to the Scheduled Caste (Jatav) community and comes from a financially disad...