India, Sept. 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
For sanitation workers from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds, limited education, irregular earnings and dependence on physically demanding work can make financial security difficult to achieve. Timely support for mechanised sanitation services can open a pathway to safer work, self-employment and dignity.
Demonstrating the impact of the Swachhta Udyami Yojana (SUY) under the NAMASTE Scheme, Kailash Chander, a 63-year-old sanitation worker belonging to the Scheduled Caste-Valmiki community from Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan, transitioned from physically demanding sewer cleaning work to operating his own mechanised sanitation-service enterprise.
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