Waste Picker Enumeration App

Waste Picker Enumeration App Latest News

On the occasion of World Environment Day 2025, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) recently launched a nationwide digital application-Waste Picker Enumeration App-for profiling Waste Pickers under the NAMASTE Scheme.

About Waste Picker Enumeration App

• It is an online system to count, recognize, and assist waste collectors via social security and livelihood-focused initiatives within the NAMASTE Scheme.
• It is an initiative of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) in partnership with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
• It is executed through the National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC).
• Aim:
  • To acknowledge waste pickers as crucial workers in India’s solid waste management framework.
  • To grant them identity, safety, and integration into official urban frameworks.

Waste Picker Enumeration App Features

• Large-Scale Profiling: Aims to enumerate 250,000 waste pickers and issue occupational identity cards to provide formal recognition.
• Health and Safety Coverage: Offers health insurance through Ayushman Bharat and supplies personal protective equipment and seasonal safety kits.
• Skill and Livelihood Assistance: Provides training for skill development and financial support for waste collection vehicles to encourage sustainable livelihoods.
• Enhancing Waste Management Systems: Facilitates the establishment of waste picker groups to handle 750 dry waste collection points throughout city regions.
• Knowledge-Driven Empowerment: Publishes essential materials such as the Guide for Mainstreaming Waste Picker Collectives and the Charting Change report on socio-economic insights.

Key Facts about NAMASTE Scheme

• It is an ongoing Central Sector Scheme jointly implemented by MoSJE and the MoHUA with NSKFDC being the implementation agency for sewer and septic tank workers (SSWs). 
• The scheme expanded its mandate in June 2024 to include Waste Pickers.
• Objective:
  • To guarantee dignity, safety, and livelihood for sewer workers, septic tank cleaners, and currently, waste pickers.
  • To eradicate manual scavenging and encourage mechanized, proficient sanitation services.
• Coverage: Five hundred cities (converging with AMRUT cities) will be taken up under this phase of NAMASTE.
• It will be implemented for the period 2022-26. 

Waste Picker Enumeration App FAQs

Q1: Which two ministries jointly launched the Waste Picker Enumeration App?

Ans: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment & Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Q2: What is the main objective of the Waste Picker Enumeration App?

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Ans: To count and recognize waste pickers and integrate them into social security and livelihood programs.

Q3: Which agency is responsible for implementing the Waste Picker Enumeration App?

Ans: National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC)

Source: PIB