💢💢The Hindu Editorial with Vocab - 2nd OCTOBER

No clean sweep: On a Swachh Bharat and urban India

Seven years after launching his government’s marquee programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the second phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), with a fresh promise to make India’s cities clean. For all the attention it has received, the goal of scientific waste management and full sanitation that Mahatma Gandhi emphasised even a century ago remains largely aspirational today, and the recent lament of Principal Economic Adviser Sanjeev Sanyal on dirty, dysfunctional cities drives home the point. That urban India, in his view, is unable to match cities in Vietnam that has a comparable per capita income is a telling commentary on a lack of urban management capacities in spite of the Swachh Bharat programme enjoying tremendous support. SBM-U 2.0, with a ₹1.41-lakh crore outlay, aims to focus on garbage-free cities and urban grey and black water management in places not covered by AMRUT. In its first phase, the Mission had an outstanding balance of ₹3,532 crore, since the total allocation was ₹14,622 crore while cumulative releases came to ₹11,090 crore. The issue of capability and governance underscores the challenge — of being able to process only about one lakh tonnes of solid waste per day against 1.4 lakh tonnes generated — to transition to a circular economy that treats solid and liquid waste as a resource.

Raising community involvement in resource recovery, which the rules governing municipal, plastic and electronic waste provide for, calls for a partnership that gives a tangible incentive to households. The current model of issuing mega contracts to big corporations — as opposed to decentralised community-level operations for instance — has left segregation of waste at source a non-starter. In the absence of a scaling up of operations, which can provide large-scale employment, and creation of matching facilities for material recovery, SBM-U 2.0 cannot keep pace with the tide of waste in a growing economy. On sanitation, the impressive claim of exceeding the targets for household, community and public toilets thus far obscures the reality that without water connections, many of them are unusable, and in public places, left in decrepitude. State and municipal governments, which do the heavy lifting on waste and sanitation issues, should work to increase community ownership of the system. As things stand, it is a long road to Open Defecation Free plus (ODF+) status for urban India, since that requires no recorded case of open defecation and for all public toilets to be maintained and functioning. Equally, the high ambition of achieving 100% tap water supply in about 4,700 urban local bodies and sewerage and septage in 500 AMRUT cities depends crucially on making at least good public rental housing accessible to millions of people.


CREDIT SOURCE - THE HINDU
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1. Marquee (Adj)- most important.

2. Lament (N)- an expression of regret or disappointment about something. दुखी होना, शोक प्रकट करना

3. Cumulative (Adj)- growing in amount, strength, or effect by small steps.

4. Underscore (V)- to emphasize the importance of something.

5. Tangible (Adj)- important and noticeable. 

6. Scale Up (Phrasal Verb)- to increase the size, extent, or effect of. बढ़ाना

7. Decrepitude (N)- a state of deterioration due to old age or long use. जराजीर्णता

8. Sewerage (N)- waste and used water that is carried away from buildings through passages and pipes.

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Daily Current Affairs | 03-10-2021



1-The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi dedicated to the Nation 35 crop varieties with special traits through video conference.

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने वीडियो कॉन्फ्रेंस के माध्यम से विशेष लक्षणों वाली 35 फसल किस्मों को राष्ट्र को समर्पित किया।

2-With the theme, “Seafarers: at the core of shipping’s future” Paradip Port observed the 44th World Maritime Day.

पारादीप पोर्ट ने "नाविक: नौवहन के भविष्य के मूल में" विषय पर 44वां विश्व समुद्री दिवस मनाया।

3-Rear Admiral Saif bin Nasser bin Mohsen Al-Rahbi, Commander of Royal Navy of Oman (CRNO) and Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Indian Navy signed an MoU for exchange of White Shipping Information.

रॉयल नेवी ऑफ ओमान (सीआरएनओ) के कमांडर रीयर एडमिरल सैफ बिन नासिर बिन मोहसेन अल-रहबी और भारत के नौसेना प्रमुख एडमिरल करमबीर सिंह ने व्हाइट शिपिंग सूचना के आदान-प्रदान के लिए एक समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर किए।

4-Lieutenant General Gurbirpal Singh took over as the 34th Director General of National Cadet Corps (NCC).

लेफ्टिनेंट जनरल गुरबीरपाल सिंह ने राष्ट्रीय कैडेट कोर (एनसीसी) के 34वें महानिदेशक के रूप में पदभार ग्रहण किया।

5-MoS IT Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar inaugurated Sub District Hospital at Chrarisharief set up with project cost of 11.30 crores.

इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स एवं सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी राज्य मंत्री राजीव चंद्रशेखर ने चरारीशरीफ में 11.30 करोड़ रुपये की परियोजना लागत से स्थापित उप जिला अस्पताल का उद्घाटन किया।

6-Ministry of Food Processing Industries, in association with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, virtually launched the PMFME Scheme Seed Capital Module.

खाद्य प्रसंस्करण उद्योग मंत्रालय ने आवास एवं शहरी मामलों के मंत्रालय के सहयोग से पीएमएफएमई योजना सीड कैपिटल मॉड्यूल को वर्चुअली लॉन्च किया।

7-Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to establish waste to energy plant in Delhi to convert Municipal Solid Waste into Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) for use as fuel for running vehicles.

इंद्रप्रस्थ गैस लिमिटेड (आईजीएल) ने दक्षिणी दिल्ली नगर निगम (एसडीएमसी) के साथ दिल्ली में अपशिष्ट (वेस्ट) से ऊर्जा बनाने वाले संयंत्र स्थापित करने के लिए एक मसौदा पत्र पर हस्ताक्षर किए।

8-The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) issued the country's first gender bonds to promote empowerment and education of women and ensure gender equality in developing nations.

जापान इंटरनेशनल कोऑपरेशन एजेंसी (जेआईसीए) ने महिलाओं के सशक्तिकरण और शिक्षा को बढ़ावा देने और विकासशील देशों में लैंगिक समानता सुनिश्चित करने के लिए देश का पहला लैंगिक बांड जारी किया।

9-Ratings agency Icra revised up its 2021-22 real GDP growth estimate for India to 9 per cent from the earlier 8.5 per cent.

रेटिंग एजेंसी इक्रा ने भारत के लिए अपने 2021-22 के वास्तविक जीडीपी वृद्धि के अनुमान में बदलाव करते हुए उसे पहले के 8.5 प्रतिशत से बढ़ाकर नौ प्रतिशत कर दिया।

10-One of the most renowned academicians of the Northeastern region, and former Rajya Sabha member Bidhu Bhusan Dutta died in Shillong. He was 86.

पूर्वोत्तर क्षेत्र के सबसे प्रसिद्ध शिक्षाविदों में से एक और पूर्व राज्यसभा सदस्य बिधू भूषण दत्ता का शिलांग में निधन हो गया। वह 86 वर्ष के थे।