Swachhta Udyami Yojana

Why is in news? Implementation of Swachhta Udyami Yojana

The “Swachhta Udyami Yojana” is for extending financial assistance for Construction, Operation & Maintenance of Pay and Use Community Toilets in Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode and Procurement & Operation of Sanitation related Vehicles

The Scheme has been launched on the 2nd October, 2014, birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.

National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC) has been implementing Swachhta Udyami Yojana (SUY) with twin objective of cleanliness and providing sustainable livelihood to Safai Karamcharis and liberated Manual Scavengers.

Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Pay and Use Community Toilets

Provision of easy accessibility of the community latrines to the households (not having any such facilities in their houses) and for floating population in public places with high footfall e.g. bus stands, railway stations, markets etc.

To ensure proper maintenance of the facilities, so created, by the entrepreneurs, who would have stake in this venture.

To prevent the necessity of manual scavenging.

Procurement & Operation of Sanitation related Vehicles

To create appropriate infrastructure for tapping the underutilized potential.

To create facilities for collection of garbage from the source.

To create employment opportunities for the target group of safai karamcharis /manual scavengers.