Turning Waste into Wealth : Role of Efficient Waste Management in Fostering India’s Energy Security and Industrial Development - By Satish Kumar Karna

An inevitable consequence of development and industrial progress is generation of waste. Therefore, efficient waste management is a matter of international concern and countries have set up robust regulatory waste management regimes for balancing the objectives of development and environment sustainability. In India, the National Environment Policy, 2006 while suggesting measures for controlling various forms of environmental pollution lays emphasis on the need for collection and treatment systems for recycling wastes and devising measures for environmentally safe disposal of residues.

Recently, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) published Performance Audit Report on Waste Management in Urban Areas for the ....