India, Oct. 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Financial assistance and access to sustainable livelihood opportunities can play an important role in empowering individuals from disadvantaged communities and improving their socio-economic condition. Support for self-employment and mechanisation can help vulnerable workers move towards more stable sources of income, strengthen family financial security and promote dignity of work.
Ms. Mekala Nancharamma, aged 30, belongs to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) community and has been working as a waste picker in the Guntur Municipal Corporation for nearly 12 years. Coming from an economically disadvantaged family, she was compelled to take up waste-picking work at a young age. Severe fin...