Cleanliness emerged as economy: Recently in India, cleanliness emerged as important sector in terms of economy with huge potential. Cleanliness Economy does not mean to create toilets only rather it includes availability of clean drinking water, disposal of garbage and to convert that into useful resources. Along with economy, cleanliness in itself has become a matter related with health, consuming goods, agriculture, new and innovative energy which can play an important role in creating employment in India as well as in World. In India, many things have contributed toward cleanliness economy like Swachh Bharat Mission, Jat shakti Abhiyan and ban on single use of plastic. These missions have vision to provide fundamental cleanliness in the country and to provide clean drinking water in every village by way of pipelines. According to report of Toilet Board Coalition, it is estimated that in India 32 Million Dollar has been spent in 2017 in making of toilets. In coming future our cleanliness economy will grow and this statistics is enough to corroborate this.
Dignity of Sweepers:
The cleaners or sweepers are the persons who play most important in making these visions successful but these workers especially Manual Scavengers are considered social stigma because of their work. To remove this social stigma there are many steps taken by the Government so that they can also live dignified life.
(a) An end of manual scavenging Legal Protection to manual scavengers: Cleaners are categorised into two categories i.e., sweepers and manual scavengers. In this manual scavengers work in hazardous circumstances. While cleaning toilets, Septic tanks and railway tracks they have to go through bad conditions in terms of health and safety. Legislature has enacted a law named " The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013" in order to remove this social stigma.
(b) Minimum wages, safe work environment and pension benefits: To fix minimum wages of cleaners, the Ministry of Labour and Employment had introduces Wage Bill Code 2019 which got assent of President on 8 August 2019. By this Wages Act 2019, cleaners will be benefited and their income level will also increase.
(c) Shelter, Education, Financial support: Rural Development Ministry under Indra Awas Yojana gives fund for construction of new house, repairing of old houses and funds for education of children of cleaners.
(d) Protection of cleaners by Ayushman Bharat Yojana: Prime Minister launched a policy in 2018 in order to improve living and health standards of cleaners and other underprivileged citizens. More than 10.74 crores people are beneficiaries of PMJAY and under this policy Rupees 5 lakhs insurance policy is given.
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