{"id":34383,"date":"2022-11-30T08:27:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T02:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=34383"},"modified":"2025-04-20T13:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T07:36:16","slug":"united-nations-development-programme-to-help-waste-segregation-workers-access-government-schemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/united-nations-development-programme-to-help-waste-segregation-workers-access-government-schemes\/","title":{"rendered":"United Nations Development Programme to Help Waste Segregation Workers Access Government Schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>About UNDP (Objective, Vision, Funding, etc.)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>News Summary (UNDP\u2019s Programme, Financial Inclusion of \u2018Safai Sathis\u2019, What is the need?)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why In News:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is\u00a0<strong>helping the people working in the waste segregation industry in India to move into formal economy<\/strong>, by helping them access government welfare programmes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<strong>About United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The UNDP is a United Nations agency tasked with\u00a0<strong>helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>UNDP was established in 1966 by the General Assembly of the United Nations.<\/li>\n<li>UNDP\u2019s work is concentrated in\u00a0<strong>three focus areas \u2013<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Sustainable development,<\/li>\n<li>Democratic governance and peace building, and<\/li>\n<li>Climate and disaster resilience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mission &amp; Vision \u2013<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>UNDP\u2019s mandate is to end poverty, build democratic governance, rule of law, and inclusive institutions.<\/li>\n<li>It advocates for change, and connect countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Funding \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0It is funded entirely by voluntary contributions from member nations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarters \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0New York, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Reports published by UNDP:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Human Development Index<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable Development Goals<\/li>\n<li>Gender Inequality Index\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>News Summary:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is\u00a0<u>helping the people working in the waste segregation industry in India to move into formal economy<\/u>, by helping them access government welfare programmes.<\/li>\n<li>As part of the initiative, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General\u00a0<strong>Usha Rao-Monari<\/strong>\u00a0would distribute the `<strong>Jan Dhan<\/strong>\u2019\u00a0<strong>account<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>kits<\/strong>\u00a0to waste segregation workers during her first visit to the country, on December 1.<\/li>\n<li>The opening of the `Jan Dhan\u2019 accounts has been facilitated through the UNDP\u2019s\u00a0<strong>plastic waste management programme<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The waste management promotes the collection, segregation, and recycling of all plastics to move towards a circular economy for the same.<\/li>\n<li>This is done at \u2018<strong>Swachhta Kendra<\/strong>\u2019 or material recovery facilities.\n<ul>\n<li>The plastic collected and processed so far has already crossed 1,38,000 metric tonnes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Financial Inclusion of \u2018Safai Sathis\u2019:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The programme run by UNDP aims to ensure the well-being and financial inclusion of the `Safai Sathis\u2019 or waste-pickers, by linking them to the social protection schemes.<\/li>\n<li>According to the UN agency, a\u00a0<strong>key objective of the programme is to help move the sector from informal to formal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The UNDP aims to do this by linking them to social protection schemes like the `<strong>Jan Dhan<\/strong>\u2019\u00a0<strong>accounts<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Aadhar cards<\/strong>, `<strong>Ayushman Bharat<\/strong>\u2019,\u00a0<strong>pension schemes<\/strong>, and scholarships for children, among others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why financial inclusion is the need of the hour?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A baseline survey done by the UNDP earlier shows that the \u2018Safai Sathis\u2019 are employed mainly on the margins of the urban informal sector.<\/li>\n<li>Their\u00a0<u>low income and job security are compounded by the fact that nearly 70% come from socially- backward groups and over 60% have no formal education<\/u>.<\/li>\n<li>More than 90% workers reported owning an Aadhar card but only a tiny subset have an income, caste, or occupation certificate.<\/li>\n<li>This\u00a0<strong>thwarts any attempts at formalising their work and limits their access to government social security schemes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><u>Less than 5% of those surveyed had any health insurance<\/u>, indicating very high degrees of health-shock vulnerabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNDP helps countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human 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