585 mandis allocated INR 10 lakh each for setting up waste management plans
Q. Centre has decided to launch how many mandis across the country for setting up waste management plans?- Published on 03 Nov 16a. 587
b. 586
c. 585
d. 584
ANSWER: 585
As part of the Centre’s cleanliness mission, agricultural ministry has made the decision to set up a fund of
INR 10 lakh each for 585 mandis across the nation for waste management plans to treat both biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes.
- Besides, the ministry has also decided to earmark 1 percent fund of the flagship Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana for the cleanliness drive.
- INR 5000 crore was allocated to RKVY in the budget for the current financial year 2016-2017.
- Swachchta or cleanliness action plans have been prepared.
- The money to the marketplaces will be provided under the eNAM scheme.
- The eNam scheme is an electronic trading platform where all 585 marketplaces will be connected in a way to act as a common market for buyers and sellers of farm produce.
- Government has integrated 250 of these mandi in 10 states with eNam in the first phase.
- Numerous technologies making the best use of agricultural waste such as preparation of bio-compost, vermin-composting, whey utilisation, straw enrichment and water recycling of waste, cotton waste management,waste management for fisheries and engineering technologies will be considered as part of the waste disposal plants in mandi across the nation.
