Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0 Agreement signed with UNDP

Highlights:

• Recently, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UNDP.
• The agreement was signed under the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0.
• It was signed to strengthen the waste management sector in the country.
• Under the MoU, the UNDP will help in setting up 75 Smart Swachhata Kendras in the country.
• Also, the UNDP will help India on integrating the informal waste pickers.
• It will assist India in linking them with government welfare schemes.
• The MoU also included digitizing the waste flow and streamlining activities in Swachhata Kendras.
• It will encourage the use of machine learning and Artificial Intelligence in measures adopted under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0.
• According to the MoU, the UNDP will assist India in solid waste management and used water management.
• Also, the UNDP will help India to promote and replicate sustainable model for waste management.
• The MoU will help Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0 to achieve its zero waste target. Also, it was signed to bring about improvement in the lives of informal waste pickers.

• Solid waste management is the key focus of Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban.
• It focuses on scientific processing of municipal solid waste and source segregation of waste. The MoU will further strengthen the solid waste management.
• It will aid India in achieving its vision of making cities “Garbage Free”.
• It will help in achieving 100% waste processing as aimed by Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban 2.0.
• The MoU aims to realize the vision of “Clean Air, Clean Water, Clean Land” in urban India.
• This is to be achieved through a circular approach based on 3R (reduce, reuse and recycle) principle.