MoHUA signs MoU to develop Waste to Wealth plants in million plus citiesIn the Green Growth segment, 500 new Waste to Wealth plants will be established under the GOBARdhan scheme for promoting circular economy. These will include 200 compressed biogas plants, 75 in urban areas, 300 community or cluster-based plants, at a total investment of Rs 10, 000 Cr.There are 59 million plus cities in India.In February 2022, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, inaugurated Asias biggest municipal solid waste based GOBARdhan plant in Indore aiming to generate 19, 000 kg bio-CNG gas. Under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, the bio-methanation plants linked to the GOBARdhan and SATAT schemes will produce Bio-CNG as a renewable energy.

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MoHUA signs MoU to develop Waste to Wealth plants in million plus citiesIn the ‘Green Growth’ segment, 500 new Waste to Wealth plants will be established under the GOBARdhan scheme for promoting circular economy. These will include 200 compressed biogas plants, 75 in urban areas, 300 community or cluster-based plants, at a total investment of Rs 10, 000 Cr.There are 59 million plus cities in India.In February 2022, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, inaugurated Asia’s biggest municipal solid waste based GOBARdhan plant in Indore aiming to generate 19, 000 kg bio-CNG gas. Under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, the bio-methanation plants linked to the GOBARdhan and SATAT schemes will produce Bio-CNG as a renewable energy.

A	True
B	True
C	Either A or B
D	None of the above

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Detailed explanation-1: -In the ‘Green Growth’ segment, 500 new Waste to Wealth plants will be established under the GOBARdhan scheme for promoting circular economy. These will include 200 compressed biogas plants, 75 in urban areas, 300 community or cluster-based plants, at a total investment of Rs 10, 000 Cr.

Detailed explanation-2: -In continuation to Swachh Bharat Mission objective, The Waste to Wealth Mission has deployed a decentralized waste Processing technology park. This park includes technologies that segregate fresh Municipal solid waste. This segregated waste is used as feedstock for the gasifier and pyrolysis units to generate energy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced 500 new ‘waste to wealth’ plants for promoting a circular economy with a total investment of Rs 10, 000 crore under the GOBAR-Dhan scheme in her budget speech in the Parliament on February 1, 2023.

Detailed explanation-4: -The mission is spearheaded by the office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA), Government of India. The mission aims to identify, develop, and deploy technologies to treat waste to generate energy, recycle materials, and extract resources of value.

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