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Pradeep Kumar

02/03/22 09:30 AM IST

Conclave on ‘Social Enterprises for Garbage Free Cities’

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Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, under the aegis of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), is organizing a National conclave on ‘Social Enterprises for Garbage Free Cities: Encouraging Women Entrepreneurs in Waste management.

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  • This event will serve as a platform for peer learning for States and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) on various centralised and decentralized waste management practices, as part of the Mission’s capacity building initiatives. 
  • The event will also witness the release of the “National Capacity Building Framework for Garbage Free Cities” under SBM-Urban 2.0, which will help build capabilities of relevant stakeholders to strengthen the urban sanitation sector in the country.
About The Mission
  • On 1st October, the Prime Minister launched the Swachh Bharat Mission – U 2.0 with the overall vision of creating “Garbage Free Cities”.
  • The Mission is being implemented under the overarching principles of “waste from wealth”, and “circular economy” for maximising resource recovery.
  • In the process, the Mission is focusing on  creating an enabling eco-system for opening up of entrepreneurial opportunities in the sanitation sector through social enterprise development, especially among the economically weaker sections of society, and including women empowerment.
  • Recently, a Swachhata Startup Challenge has been launched by the Mission, in partnership with Government of France.
Solutions across various themes
  • Social inclusion,
  • Zero dump (solid waste management),
  • Plastic waste management,
  • Transparency through digital enablement.
Source: PIB

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