NAMASTE – National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem. Formerly Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers. It is a joint initiative of Department of Social Justice & Empowerment and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The scheme has following objectives.
- Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (MS) and Persons Engaged in Hazardous Cleaning of Sewer and Septic Tank (SSWs).
- Promotion of safe and mechanised cleaning of sewers and septic tanks through trained and certified sanitation workers.
- NAMASTE – National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem.
- NSKFDC – National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation
- SSW – Sewer and Septic Tank
- MS – Manual Scavengers
- SFC -Standing Finance Committee