Odisha Garima Scheme 2020 has been launched by the CM Naveen Patnaik led state government on 11 September 2020. In this scheme, Odisha govt. will provide benefits to around 20,000 crore sanitation workers and their families covering 1 lakh population.
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This scheme will ensure safety and dignity of core sanitation workers. A dedicated corpus fund initially with Rs. 50 crore will also be created.
Alongwith Odisha Garima Scheme 2020, a State Commission for Core Sanitation Workers will also be constituted.
The Garima Scheme will be implemented in all the 114 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of the Odisha state.
The main focus of this scheme is to realize the vision of elimination of manual scavenging which causes various accidents to scavengers.
The Garima Scheme for manual scavengers is a first-of-its-kind initiative by any state in India. This scheme is launched to provide a comprehensive package which includes:-
- Institutionalizing and regulating the core sanitation services
- Providing service level benefits
- To provide social security benefits to core sanitation workers along with their families.
- Financial benefits to manual scavengers and their families.
- Increased focus on enforcement of statutory provisions under various national & state legislations.
