Overview

• Sanitation and contractual workers will receive wages directly in their bank accounts from a government corporation, ending payments via outsourcing agencies.
• The state announced a ₹5 lakh health insurance cover for sanitation workers.
• In the event of an on-duty accidental or disaster-related death, arrangements will provide ₹35–40 lakh through the concerned bank.
• Officials said sanitation staff will be linked to a scheme that already covers about 80,000 Home Guards.
• At the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan event, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paired the welfare pledges with attacks on the Samajwadi Party over renaming disputes and opposition to naming the Ayodhya airport after Maharshi Valmiki.