{"id":49524,"date":"2025-06-07T14:47:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T09:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=49524"},"modified":"2025-06-07T15:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T10:29:46","slug":"waste-picker-enumeration-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/waste-picker-enumeration-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste Picker Enumeration App"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Waste Picker Enumeration App Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h2>About Waste Picker Enumeration App<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an online system to\u00a0<strong>count, recognize, and assist waste collectors<\/strong>\u00a0via\u00a0<strong>social security and livelihood-focused initiatives within the NAMASTE Scheme<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is an initiative of the\u00a0<strong>Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment<\/strong>\u00a0(MoSJE) in\u00a0<strong>partnership with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs\u00a0<\/strong>(MoHUA).<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0<strong>executed through the National Safai Karamcharis Finance &amp; Development Corporation (NSKFDC).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>To\u00a0<strong>acknowledge waste pickers<\/strong>\u00a0as crucial workers in India\u2019s solid waste management framework.<\/li>\n<li>To grant them\u00a0<strong>identity, safety, and integration into official urban frameworks.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Waste Picker Enumeration App Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Large-Scale Profiling<\/strong>: Aims to enumerate 250,000 waste pickers and issue occupational identity cards to provide formal recognition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Health and Safety Coverage:<\/strong>\u00a0Offers\u00a0<strong>health insurance through Ayushman Bhara<\/strong>t and\u00a0<strong>supplies personal protective equipment<\/strong>\u00a0and seasonal safety kits.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skill and Livelihood Assistance:\u00a0<\/strong>Provides\u00a0<strong>training for skill development\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>financial support for waste collection vehicles<\/strong>\u00a0to encourage sustainable livelihoods.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enhancing Waste Management Systems:<\/strong>\u00a0Facilitates the establishment of waste picker groups\u00a0<strong>to handle 750 dry waste collection points throughout city regions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Knowledge-Driven Empowerment:<\/strong>\u00a0Publishes essential materials such as the Guide for Mainstreaming Waste Picker Collectives and the Charting Change report on socio-economic insights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Facts about NAMASTE Scheme<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an ongoing<strong>\u00a0Central Sector Scheme<\/strong>\u00a0jointly implemented\u00a0<strong>by MoSJE and the MoHUA\u00a0<\/strong>with\u00a0<strong>NSKFDC being the implementation agency for sewer and septic tank workers<\/strong>\u00a0(SSWs).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The scheme\u00a0<strong>expanded\u00a0<\/strong>its mandate in June 2024\u00a0<strong>to include Waste Pickers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>To\u00a0<strong>guarantee dignity, safety, and livelihood<\/strong>\u00a0for sewer workers, septic tank cleaners, and currently, waste pickers.<\/li>\n<li>To\u00a0<strong>eradicate manual scavenging<\/strong>\u00a0and encourage mechanized, proficient sanitation services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coverage<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Five hundred cities (converging with AMRUT cities)<\/strong>\u00a0will be taken up under this phase of NAMASTE.<\/li>\n<li>It will be implemented for the\u00a0<strong>period 2022-26.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Waste Picker Enumeration App FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong>\u00a0Which two ministries jointly launched the Waste Picker Enumeration App?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment &amp; Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong>\u00a0What is the main objective of the Waste Picker Enumeration App?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0To count and recognize waste pickers and integrate them into social security and livelihood programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong>\u00a0Which agency is responsible for implementing the Waste Picker Enumeration App?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0National Safai Karamcharis Finance &amp; Development Corporation (NSKFDC)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=2134303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waste Picker Enumeration App is an online system to count, recognize, and assist waste collectors via social security and livelihood-focused initiatives within the NAMASTE Scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":49500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,22,23,739],"class_list":{"0":"post-49524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"tag-waste-picker-enumeration-app","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}