Empowering Safai Karamcharis from Waste Collection to Financial Security through Swachhata Udyami Yojana
Distilled Policy Brief
- The project received financial support totaling 35 lakh rupees on 19 June 2023 through the National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation, consisting of 17.5 lakh rupees in loans and 17.5 lakh rupees as advance capital subsidy.
🎯 Prelims High-Yield Examination Points
The Swachhata Udyami Yojana (SUY) is implemented through the National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation under the NAMASTE scheme.
⚖️ Mains Analytical & Syllabus Linkages
Examine how targeted financial inclusion and credit-linked subsidy schemes like Swachhata Udyami Yojana (SUY) can break generational poverty and uplift marginalized sanitation workers.
🎯 UPSC Prelims Practice Drill
With reference to the bilateral research and industrial cooperation engagements between India and Germany, consider the following statements: 1. Roundtables held with German research organizations, such as the Fraunhofer Institutes, prioritized key fields including microelectronics, power electronics, and smart manufacturing. 2. Expanding industry-academia innovation networks and collaboration in battery technologies form key components of the enhanced strategic cooperation. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- [A] 1 only
- [B] 2 only
- [C] Both 1 and 2
- [D] Neither 1 nor 2
▶ Reveal Official Answer & Analytical Explanation
Both statements are correct. High-level roundtables with German research institutes, including Fraunhofer Institutes, focused on microelectronics, power electronics, smart manufacturing, battery technologies, and logistics. Furthermore, the engagement emphasized strengthening industry-academia innovation networks, science and technology cooperation, and advanced manufacturing capabilities between India and Germany.
🏛️ Historical Twin PYQ Anchor (2021)
Consider the following statements regarding the "National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)": 1. It is implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. 2. Central Pollution Control Board acts as the sole regulatory executive body.