NAMASTE scheme data show rising PPE, insurance and vehicle-subsidy numbers even as rights groups say official sewer-death figures undercount fatalities NEW DELHI — The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) said on September 13 that 90,942 sewer and septic tank workers have been profiled nationwide under its flagship sanitation-worker safety programme, with 89,248…
More than 89,000 sewer and septic tank workers have been formally validated under India’s principal sanitation-worker welfare scheme since 2023, and official profiling data indicate that over 90 per cent of those identified belong to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, or Other Backwards Class communities — underscoring sanitation work’s long-documented association with caste in India. Against…
The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $ 230 million loan on August 21 to rebuild Chennai’s water and sewer network. Deputy Secretary Saurabh Singh signed on behalf of India’s Department of Economic Affairs, and ADB India Country Director Mio Oka signed for the bank, under the guidance of Joint…
