84.5% of 1.52 lakh waste-pickers profiled so far come from SC, ST, and OBC communities

2026-02-03 - 15:05

State-level data show Delhi, Goa, and West Bengal are outliers, where waste-pickers from the General category constitute a majority. Overall, 10.7% workers are from the General category. The data also showed that 7,402 workers were from ‘Other’ communities.