Swachh Bharat Mission and Solid Waste management
Q. Which of the following is/are the measures to boost Swachh Bharat Mission?
1) It is mandatory for private fertilizer companies to buy compost that is extracted from municipal solid waste.
2) It is mandatory for all power distribution companies to buy electricity from power plants fuelled by solid waste.
3) Private companies must promote the municipal compost and slowly reduce the market size of urea.- Published on 15 Feb 16a. 1 and 3
b. 1 and 2
c. 2 and 3
d. All of the above
ANSWER: All of the above
- The Ministry of Urban Development is finding creative ways to turn mounting waste into a national asset.
- The Ministry has made it “mandatory” for private fertilizer companies to buy compost that is extracted from municipal solid waste.
- About 45 compost producing plants across the country were almost “defunct” because the private firms were not interested in marketing their products.
- In early January, the Ministry arrived at an agreement with the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers that private companies must promote the municipal compost and slowly reduce the market size of urea. Otherwise, serious fines would be imposed on them.
- The government is also weighing whether to offer a deal where subsidy would be granted if one bag of municipal compost is bought with every two bags of chemically rich urea.
- The Central government has issued a circular to all power distribution companies stating it was mandatory for them to buy electricity from power plants fuelled by solid waste.
- The Centre now aims at generating 700 megawatts of electricity from solid waste-run plants in the next five years.
