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According to the latest data available from the World Bank, urban India
generates 0.34 kg per capita per day of municipal solid waste, resulting
in a daily waste quantum of 109,589 tonnes (TEDDY 2012/13).
The increasing generation of solid waste is a growing problem
in all Indian cities. Lately, dumping garbage into landfills is not a
preferred option in our land-scarce cities. It is to be noted that the
overall requirements of funds for municipal solid waste management
(MSWM) is unattainable if only the internal resources of urban local
bodies (ULB) are available. The scale of investment needed in this
sector is substantial. Financial support from government agencies
either in the form of grants and/or subsidies is needed to accelerate
the efforts of ULBs to modernize the MSWM system in their
respective cities.
The Fourteenth Finance Commission, responsible for devolution of
funds to state governments for five years from 2015–20, has worked
out the total size of the grant to be INR 2,87,436 crore (approx. USD
47.9 billion) for the period 2015–20, constituting an assistance of INR
488 per capita per annum at an aggregate level. Of this, the grant
recommended to panchayats is INR 200,292.2 crore (approx. USD 33.38
billion) and that to municipalities is INR 87,143.8 crore (approx. USD
14.52 billion). These grants will be in two parts—a basic grant and a
performance grant. For gram panchayats, the division between basic
and performance grants will be on 90:10 basis and for municipalities it
would be on 80:20 basis.
The basic grant provided should be used to improve basic
civic services including water supply, sanitation including septage
management, sewerage and solid waste management, storm water
drainage, maintenance of community assets, maintenance of roads,
footpaths and street-lighting, and burial and cremation grounds.
The Thirteenth Finance Commission had even linked the performance-
related funds to improvements in Service Level Benchmarking
(SLBs)14, including SWM. It had also recommended that of all the
grants given to the ULBs, 50 per cent should be for SWM.
The CPCB 2012–13 report suggests that 30 per cent of the
municipal solid waste generated is not even collected and of the
14 Service Level Benchmarking is an initiative of the Ministry of Urban Development
(MoUD), Government of India to increase accountability for service delivery in
sectors such as water and sanitation (which includes solid waste management),
e-governance and urban transportation. It involves measuring and monitoring
of service provider performance on a systematic and continuous basis. Source:
http://moud.gov.in/servicelevel
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generates 0.34 kg per capita per day of municipal solid waste, resulting
in a daily waste quantum of 109,589 tonnes (TEDDY 2012/13).
The increasing generation of solid waste is a growing problem
in all Indian cities. Lately, dumping garbage into landfills is not a
preferred option in our land-scarce cities. It is to be noted that the
overall requirements of funds for municipal solid waste management
(MSWM) is unattainable if only the internal resources of urban local
bodies (ULB) are available. The scale of investment needed in this
sector is substantial. Financial support from government agencies
either in the form of grants and/or subsidies is needed to accelerate
the efforts of ULBs to modernize the MSWM system in their
respective cities.
The Fourteenth Finance Commission, responsible for devolution of
funds to state governments for five years from 2015–20, has worked
out the total size of the grant to be INR 2,87,436 crore (approx. USD
47.9 billion) for the period 2015–20, constituting an assistance of INR
488 per capita per annum at an aggregate level. Of this, the grant
recommended to panchayats is INR 200,292.2 crore (approx. USD 33.38
billion) and that to municipalities is INR 87,143.8 crore (approx. USD
14.52 billion). These grants will be in two parts—a basic grant and a
performance grant. For gram panchayats, the division between basic
and performance grants will be on 90:10 basis and for municipalities it
would be on 80:20 basis.
The basic grant provided should be used to improve basic
civic services including water supply, sanitation including septage
management, sewerage and solid waste management, storm water
drainage, maintenance of community assets, maintenance of roads,
footpaths and street-lighting, and burial and cremation grounds.
The Thirteenth Finance Commission had even linked the performance-
related funds to improvements in Service Level Benchmarking
(SLBs)14, including SWM. It had also recommended that of all the
grants given to the ULBs, 50 per cent should be for SWM.
The CPCB 2012–13 report suggests that 30 per cent of the
municipal solid waste generated is not even collected and of the
14 Service Level Benchmarking is an initiative of the Ministry of Urban Development
(MoUD), Government of India to increase accountability for service delivery in
sectors such as water and sanitation (which includes solid waste management),
e-governance and urban transportation. It involves measuring and monitoring
of service provider performance on a systematic and continuous basis. Source:
http://moud.gov.in/servicelevel
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