Lok Sabha Question No. 5631 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: Awareness Programme on Segregation of Wastes
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P. KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHAUNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5631 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2018

## AWARENESS PROGRAMME ON SEGREGATION OF WASTES

## 5631.SHRI P. KUMAR

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government    has  any  plan  to  create  awareness    in  schools,  colleges  and universities about segregation of wastes;
- (b) if so, the details in this regard; and
- (c) if not, whether the Government proposes to take any initiative in this regards and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR.SATYAPAL SINGH)

- (a) to (c) : All educational institutions have been asked to spread awareness about sanitation and hygiene. Department of School Education & Literacy has advised States and Union Territories  to  encourage  school  education  authorities  for  promoting  cleanliness  and hygiene practices in schools by undertaking various activities, including SwachhataPakhwada, appointment of Student Ambassador, singing Swachhata songs in BalSabha/Children'sassembly, celebratingSwachhataDiwas and drawing/painting competitions focusing on Swachhata in each school. During SwachhataPakhwada 2017 observed  during  1-15  September,  2017,  Green  School  drive  was  taken  up  in  schools across  the  country.  Dustbins  with  blue  and  green  colour  were  used  for  recycled  and unrecyclable wastes, respectively. Planting of trees around school premises and around toilets to utilize waste water for gardening,  were also taken up during the drive, in which 6.81  lakhs  schools  in  the  country  participated.  The  Departmentof  School  Education  & Literacy  has  instituted  SwachhVidyalayaPuraskar  (SVP)  in  2016  at  district,  State  and

national  levels  to  recognise  inspire  and  celebrate  excellence  in  sanitation  and  hygiene practices in schools. The SVP aims to encourage schools to achievea higherSwachhata scale and standard, for which a Standing Operating Procedure has been released.

University Grant Commission have issued guidelines on Swachh Bharat- Swasth Bharat Scheme, wherein among other things, Universities/Colleges have been asked to maintain  proper waste  segregation and  disposal system  and  to ensure that it is implemented  at  the  structural  level.  Universities/Colleges  have  also  been  asked  that  a separate project must be designed for students which may include embedding instructions about  cleanliness,  creating  awareness  camps  in  organizing  cleanliness  drives  so  that cleanliness is inculcated in their attitude and learning. In order to generate peer pressure amongst  Higher  educational  Institutions  in  the  area  of  hygiene,  a  Swachhata  Ranking exercise  was  also  undertaken  based  on  various  hygiene  parameters  including  solid &liquid  waste  disposable  process,  water  availability,  water  purity,  kitchen  hygiene, garbage disposable facility in campus, etc. 3500 Institutions participated in the exercise. Out of these,  25  Institutions  were  awarded  during  the  SwachhataPakhwada  2017.  This will be an annual exercise so that built in standards of hygiene are upgraded over time through peer pressure.

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