MoHUA and UNDP to strengthen waste management sector in India

NEW DELHI: As part of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India, inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India today to enhance India’s waste management sector. The MoU, operational for the period of 2021-26, was signed on December 7, in the presence of Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, MoHUA. Roopa Mishra, Joint Secretary and National Mission Director, Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) signed the MoU from India, with Ms. Shoko Noda, Resident Representative, UNDP India.

Durga Shanker Mishra said that the agreement comes in the backdrop of 75^th year of India’s independence. UNDP is supporting MoHUA to set up and operationalise 75 Swachhata Kendras across the country. He thanked UNDP for its long-standing association with MoHUA. Noda commented that they are committed to working cooperatively with the MoHUA to promote, scale-up, and replicate a sustainable waste management model across cities in line with SBM-U 2.0’s goal of ‘zero waste’ while also improving the lives of informal waste pickers, as stated in the MoU.