Question: A campaign on source segregation of municipal waste for National Capital Region (NCR) has been launched on June 5th, 2017. How much subsidy is being provided to promote ‘Waste to Compost’?
(a) Rs 1,200 per ton
(b) Rs 1,500 per ton
(c) Rs 800 per ton
(d) Rs 1,000 per ton
Answer- (b)
Related facts:
- On the occasion of World Environment Day (June 5th), the Union Minister of Urban Development M.Venkaiah Naidu launched a campaign on source segregation of municipal waste for National Capital Region (NCR).
- Bins with different colors, shall be used to segregate waste in every house and shop under the campaign.
- Green bins shall be used for wet waste and Blue bins for dry waste.
- To promote conversion of ‘Waste to Energy’ and to promote ‘Waste to Compost’ a subsidy of Rs 1,500 per ton is being provided by the government.
- Naidu flagged off segregated waste collection vehicles/ auto tippers, covering a total of nine Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), which includes Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida and Ghaziabad, besides five ULBs of Delhi.
- A special edition of Diamond Toons Comic titled ‘Chacha Chaudhary & Swachh Bharat’ has also launched and comic book depicts cartoons with a message pertaining to solid waste management.
- A Power Purchase Agreement was also exchanged between DMRC and IL&FS, in which the green power generated through waste by IL&FS plant will be purchased by DMRC.
- Notably, incorrect disposal and burning of solid waste results in emission of of 12.69 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide in the country per year.
- A recent study has revealed 15 diseases, such as Hepatitis, Cholera and Malaria, caused due to the improper solid waste management.
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