The intended outcomes of the NAMASTE scheme include zero fatalities in sanitation work, formalization and skilling of sanitation workers, elimination of direct contact with human faecal matter, establishment, strengthening and capacitating of Emergency Response Sanitation Units (ERSUs), and empowerment of sanitation workers through self-help groups and entrepreneurship, access to alternate livelihood options, and occupational safety training to all sewer and septic tank workers (SSWs).

PSSO is Private Sanitation Service Organisation who are involved in cleaning and maintenance of sewer and septic tanks and may or may not be empanelled/registered/contracted/licensed with ULB.

1. Ensure safety and dignity of sanitation workers in urban India and enhancing their occupational safety through capacity building and improved access to PPT Kits, safety devices and machines.
2. In addition, NAMASTE would bring about a behavior change amongst citizens towards sanitation workers and enhance demand for safe sanitation services.
3. Now waste pickers have also been included in Namaste scheme from the current financial year and through the scheme, they will be included in the solid waste management process by ensuring their safety and dignity.

Sanitation workers who are engaged in cleaning and maintenance of sewers including those managing pumping stations, manholes/machine holes, and sewer lines; and those engaged in septic tank cleaning. Such workers may or may not be engaged by ULB/parastatal, empanelled/registered/licensed Private Sanitation Service Organisation (PSSO) and other private sanitation service providers.

The role of State Government in implementation of NAMASTE is very important as State Government is to ensure the implementation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavangers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 which prohibits hazardous cleaning of sewer and septic tanks. The State should have to immediately facilitate and issue notification for setting up of Emergency Response Sanitation Unit (ERSU) and designate Responsible Sanitation Authority (RSA) in all Municipal Corporations and Districts with establishment of helpline number 14420. Further, necessary actions should be taken up by State Level Nodal Officer for NAMASTE to support convergence across the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), NAMASTE and Deendayal Antyoday Yojana – National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NULM). The State has to nominate a State NAMASTE Nodal Officer, from the Urban Development Department, for implementation of NAMASTE.