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India Provides Safety and Health Cards to Waste Collectors

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale inaugurated the distribution of NAMASTE cards to waste pickers in Delhi.

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Key Points

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Minister handed out NAMASTE and Ayushman cards.

Program targets safety, dignity, skill development, and health coverage.

Over 300 waste pickers received the cards in Delhi.

Goal is to modernise and protect sanitation work across the country.

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The cards aim to formally recognize sanitation workers and improve their safety and earnings.

Alongside, Ayushman health cards were issued to give them access to medical care.

More than three hundred waste pickers from the Najafgarh area participated in the ceremony.

The scheme seeks to replace hazardous manual cleaning with safer, mechanised methods.

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sanitation

the process of keeping environments clean and healthy

empowerment

giving people the ability and confidence to improve their lives

socio-economic

relating to both social conditions and financial situations

occupational

connected to a person's job or work

mechanisation

using machines to do tasks that were done by hand

dignity

being treated with respect and worth

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