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Saturday, 3 October 2026

** Establishment of a Dedicated Research & Innovation Learning Pathway from School Level If India Wants World Class Innovators, The Journey Must Begin In School (in Tamil & English)

 ** Establishment of a Dedicated Research & Innovation Learning Pathway from School Level 

 If India Wants World-Class Innovators, The Journey  Must Begin In School













SCHOOL-LEVEL RESEARCH & INNOVATION PATHWAY

“Innovation Should Begin When Curiosity Begins – Not After Graduation”

1. Creative Idea / Suggestion

India should establish a dedicated Research & Innovation Learning Pathway within the school education system, alongside normal school education.

Every child should receive fundamental education. At the same time, students who demonstrate curiosity, interest, creativity, practical ability, problem-solving skills and sustained performance should have the opportunity to enter a specialised Research & Innovation pathway.

This should be a separate learning pathway, not permanent separation of students. Students may enter, leave or re-enter the pathway according to their interest and performance.

2. Why Should Innovation Start at School Age?

Excellence in many fields requires early exposure and continuous practice.

  • Sports: School → District → State → National → International
  • Gymnastics: Training often begins during childhood.
  • Agriculture: Practical exposure can begin through school gardens and farming projects.
  • Music & Arts: Early practice develops skills progressively.
  • Science & Innovation: Observation, experimentation and problem-solving can similarly begin during school years.

Therefore, if India wants world-class scientists, researchers, inventors and entrepreneurs, innovation cannot be introduced only after college graduation.

3. Present Condition & Need for Change

The present education system is often heavily examination-oriented. Marks and certificates do not necessarily demonstrate a student's ability to communicate, solve practical problems, conduct research or create something new.

There are also concerns about:

  • Outdated or insufficiently updated portions of the curriculum in rapidly changing fields.
  • Limited practical and project-based learning.
  • Insufficient exposure to modern technology, AI, laboratories and industry.
  • A gap between academic qualifications and workplace skills.
  • Students progressing through education without adequately developing communication and practical capabilities.

The solution should not be to blame all teachers or students, but to modernise the learning system and create additional opportunities for practical excellence.

4. Proposed Five-Stage Model

Classes 1–5 – DISCOVER
Observation, nature, curiosity, simple experiments, drawing, design and basic problem-solving.

Classes 6–8 – EXPLORE
Science laboratories, agriculture, electronics, coding, AI awareness, robotics and mini-projects.

Classes 9–10 – INNOVATE
Research projects, prototypes, innovation competitions, mentors, patent awareness and industry visits.

Classes 11–12 – RESEARCH
Advanced laboratory work, scientific research, engineering, agriculture research, AI/data science and social innovation.

College – SPECIALISE
University research, industry collaboration, start-ups, research institutions and international opportunities.

5. Selection & Evaluation

Selection should not depend only on examination marks.

Assessment can include:

Interest + Curiosity + Creativity + Aptitude + Practical Skills + Problem Solving + Project Performance

Students who do not wish to continue, or whose performance does not justify continuation, can return to the normal education pathway. Students who later develop interest can re-enter.

Thus, no child should be permanently labelled as “not talented.”

6. Implementation

Every school can gradually establish a School Research & Innovation Centre (SRIC) with:

  • Basic laboratories and digital equipment
  • AI, coding, robotics and science facilities
  • Agriculture/garden projects
  • Expert and industry mentors
  • University and research-institution partnerships
  • Innovation competitions and exhibitions
  • Prototype development and patent guidance
  • Teacher training in project-based learning

7. Expected National Benefits

For Students: Discover hidden talents, develop confidence, practical skills and problem-solving ability.

For Schools & Teachers: Modern teaching methods, greater student engagement and access to expert resources.

For the Nation: More researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs and technology-based employment; stronger industry–education links and greater global competitiveness.

Strong Conclusion

Every child need not become an innovator, but every child should be given an opportunity to discover whether he or she can become one.

India should therefore move beyond the question:

“How many marks did the student obtain?”

towards:

“What can the student create, solve, discover or improve?”

Invest in Children's Curiosity Today — Build India's Innovation Strength for Tomorrow.

Innovation Begins in School.

If you want, this same one-page summary can also be converted into a Ministry/PMO-style official proposal with Subject, Background, Proposal, Implementation, Economy/Employment Benefits and Strong Conclusion.

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ஒரு நாட்டில் விளையாட்டு வீரர், இசைக் கலைஞர், விஞ்ஞானி, ஆராய்ச்சியாளர் போன்ற திறமைகள் வளர வேண்டுமென்றால், திறமை கண்டறிதல் மற்றும் தொடர்ச்சியான பயிற்சி பள்ளி வயதிலேயே தொடங்க வேண்டும். ஆனால் “சில மாணவர்களை மட்டும் நல்லவர்கள் என்று பிரித்து விடுதல்” என்பதற்குப் பதிலாக, ஆர்வம் + திறன் + செயல்திறன் அடிப்படையில் தனிப்பட்ட Research & Innovation Track உருவாக்குவது பாதுகாப்பான மற்றும் நடைமுறை அணுகுமுறை.

நான் பரிந்துரைக்கும் முக்கிய மாற்றம்

“Separate students” அல்ல — “Separate learning pathway”.

அதாவது:

Normal School Education
→ எல்லா மாணவர்களுக்கும் அடிப்படை கல்வி, மொழி, கணிதம், அறிவியல், சமூக அறிவு.

அதுடன், விருப்பமும் திறமையும் காட்டும் மாணவர்களுக்கு:

Research & Innovation Track
→ பள்ளியிலிருந்தே தனிப்பட்ட laboratory, projects, mentors, competitions, patents, field visits, technology, AI, agriculture, engineering, science போன்ற அனுபவங்கள்.

மாணவர் அந்தத் துறையில் தொடர்ந்து முன்னேறவில்லை என்றால், அவர் சாதாரண கல்விப் பாதைக்குத் திரும்ப முடியும். அதேபோல், சாதாரணப் பாதையில் இருக்கும் மாணவர் பின்னர் திறமையை வெளிப்படுத்தினால் Research Track-க்கு வரவும் முடியும்.


ஏன் பள்ளியிலிருந்தே தொடங்க வேண்டும்?

அதற்கு  விளையாட்டு உதாரணம் இதை மிகத் தெளிவாகக் காட்டுகிறது.

Sports

School → District → State → National → International

Research & Innovation

School → School Lab → District Innovation → State → National → International

ஒருவர் 25 அல்லது 30 வயதில் முதன்முதலாக விளையாட்டைத் தொடங்கி Olympic champion ஆக வேண்டும் என்று எதிர்பார்ப்பது எவ்வளவு கடினமோ, அதேபோல 25 வயதில் முதன்முதலாக “இப்போது research செய்யுங்கள்” என்று சொல்வதும் போதுமானதாக இருக்காது.

இது குழந்தைகளை ஒரு career-க்குள் கட்டாயப்படுத்த வேண்டும் என்பதல்ல. சிறு வயதிலேயே அவர்களுக்கு வாய்ப்பு கொடுக்க வேண்டும் என்பதே முக்கியம்.

உங்கள் உதாரணங்களை விரிவுபடுத்தினால்

துறைஆரம்பப் பயிற்சிஅடுத்த நிலைகள்
SportsSchool practiceDistrict → State → National
GymnasticsChildhood trainingState → National → International
AgricultureSchool garden/farmAdvanced agriculture → Research
MusicSchool trainingDistrict → State → National
MathematicsSchool problem solvingOlympiad → Research
ScienceSchool experimentsScience fair → Research
Coding/AISchool projectsState → National → Global
InnovationSchool problem identificationPrototype → Patent → Enterprise

இதனால் உங்கள் அடிப்படை வாதம்:

“Innovation cannot be created suddenly after graduation; innovation culture must be cultivated from school age.”

என்பதாக அமையலாம்.


ஆனால் ஒரு முக்கியமான கவனம்

இன்று சாதாரணமாகத் தெரியும் குழந்தை நாளை சிறந்த innovator ஆகலாம்.

ஒரு மாணவனின் marks மட்டும் வைத்து innovation திறனை தீர்மானிக்கக் கூடாது.

உதாரணமாக innovation selection-ல்:

  • Curiosity
  • “Why?” என்று கேட்பது
  • புதிய யோசனை கூறுவது
  • பிரச்சினையை அடையாளம் காண்பது
  • practical skill
  • experiment செய்யும் ஆர்வம்
  • failure-ஐ ஏற்றுக்கொள்வது
  • observation
  • creativity
  • teamwork
  • communication
  • prototype உருவாக்குதல்

போன்றவற்றையும் மதிப்பிட வேண்டும்.

Marks ≠ Innovation ability.

அதனால் “good students” என்பதற்குப் பதிலாக:

“Interested, Talented & Performing Students”

என்று வரையறுப்பது சிறந்தது.


நான் குறிப்பிட்ட கல்விப் பிரச்சினை

நான்  கூறுவது ஒரு முக்கியமான policy question:

“100% pass அல்லது marks-oriented education மட்டும் நாட்டின் மனிதவளத் தேவைகளை நிறைவேற்றுகிறதா?”

“The education system should move beyond examination-oriented learning towards competency, communication, practical learning, research and innovation.”

என்று நான் கூறுவது வலுவாகவும் நியாயமாகவும் இருக்கும்.

ஏனெனில் அனைத்து ஆசிரியர்களையும் ஒரே மாதிரியாக மதிப்பிட முடியாது.

அதேபோல், syllabus பழையது என்ற கருத்தையும் subject-by-subject curriculum review என்ற முறையில் முன் வைக்கிறேன் .


தற்போதைய கல்வி + Innovation Track

என்  proposal-க்கு பின்வரும் model-ஐ பரிந்துரைக்கிறேன்:

LEVEL 1 — Classes 1–5

Discover

  • Observation
  • Nature
  • Simple experiments
  • Drawing/design
  • Basic agriculture
  • Simple machines
  • Questions and curiosity

LEVEL 2 — Classes 6–8

Explore

  • Science laboratory
  • Agriculture
  • Electronics
  • Coding
  • AI awareness
  • Robotics
  • Local problems
  • Mini projects

LEVEL 3 — Classes 9–10

Innovate

  • Research projects
  • Prototype
  • Innovation competitions
  • Mentorship
  • Patent awareness
  • Industry visits
  • University/laboratory interaction

LEVEL 4 — Classes 11–12

Research

  • Advanced laboratory
  • Scientific research
  • Engineering projects
  • Agriculture research
  • AI/data science
  • Social innovation
  • Entrepreneurship

LEVEL 5 — College

Specialisation

School innovation experience → University research → Industry/Startup/Research Institution.


மிக முக்கியமான மாற்றம்

நான் இதை “Separate Research & Innovation Schools” என்று மட்டும் கூறமாட்டேன். 

அதற்குப் பதிலாக:

Every School + Innovation Wing

என்று அமைக்க வேண்டும் .

அதாவது ஒவ்வொரு பள்ளியிலும் ஒரு:

School Research & Innovation Centre (SRIC)

இருக்கலாம்.

அங்கு சாதாரண வகுப்பறை கல்வியிலிருந்து வேறுபட்ட நேரத்தில்:

Think → Question → Experiment → Fail → Improve → Prototype → Test → Present

என்ற செயல்முறை இருக்கும்.

இதுதான் உண்மையான innovation culture.


மாணவர் selection எப்படி?

ஒருமுறை தேர்வு செய்து வாழ்க்கை முழுவதும் அந்த track-ல் வைத்துவிடக் கூடாது.

Entry

Interest + Aptitude + Project performance

Annual Review

Performance + Creativity + Participation + Project progress

Exit

தொடர விருப்பமில்லை / முன்னேற்றம் இல்லை என்றால் → Normal Education Track

Re-entry

பின்னர் மீண்டும் ஆர்வம் வந்தால் → Innovation Track

இதனால் குழந்தைக்கு தேவையற்ற அழுத்தம் ஏற்படாது.


இதன் மிகப்பெரிய தேசிய நன்மை

இன்று கல்வியின் முக்கிய கேள்வி:

“How many marks did the student get?”

என்பதிலிருந்து,

“What can the student create, solve, discover or improve?”

என்ற கேள்விக்கு நகர வேண்டும்.

அப்போது:

Student → Learner → Problem Solver → Researcher → Innovator → Entrepreneur / Scientist

என்ற பாதை உருவாகும்.

இதன் மூலம் பள்ளி என்பது exam-centre மட்டும் அல்ல; future talent-development centre ஆக மாறும்.


என்  proposal-க்கான வலுவான கருத்து

“If India wants world-class innovators, innovation education should not begin after graduation. It should begin when curiosity begins — at school age.”

அதே நேரத்தில்:

“Every child need not become an innovator, but every child should be given an opportunity to discover whether he or she can become one.”

என்பது எனது  கருத்தை இன்னும் வலு சேர்க்க விரும்புகிறேன். 

எனது மொத்த கருத்து 

எனது  அடிப்படை யோசனை செயல்படுத்தக்கூடிய கல்வி-சீர்திருத்தக் கருத்தாக மாற்ற முடியும். ஆனால் அதை “தேர்வில் அதிக மதிப்பெண் பெறுபவர்கள் மட்டும் innovation-க்கு” என்று அமைக்காமல், பள்ளியிலேயே தனி Research & Innovation pathway + திறந்த entry/exit + project-based assessment + expert mentorship என்ற வடிவில் முன்வைப்பது மிகவும் வலுவானதாக இருக்கும் என்று நம்புகிறேன் .

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Friday, 2 October 2026

** NATIONAL WASTE PREVENTION, RECYCLING & CIRCULAR ECONOMY MISSION — 2030 PREVENT → REDUCE → REUSE → REPAIR → RECYCLE → RECOVER → SAFELY TREAT RESIDUAL WASTE

 ** NATIONAL WASTE PREVENTION, RECYCLING & CIRCULAR ECONOMY MISSION — 2030  

PREVENT → REDUCE → REUSE → REPAIR → RECYCLE → RECOVER → SAFELY TREAT RESIDUAL WASTE


































1. SUBJECT

Proposal for a National Waste Prevention, Recycling & Circular Economy Mission — 2030

Vision:
By 2030, India should achieve 100% accountable waste segregation and collection, maximum feasible prevention, reuse, recycling, and resource recovery, and environmentally safe treatment of unavoidable residual waste.

Long-term vision:

A Clean, Circular and Resource-Efficient India @ 2047


2. CREATIVE IDEA / SUGGESTION

India's waste policy should move to the next generation:

PRESENT APPROACH

Generate → Collect → Clean → Dump/Treat

PROPOSED APPROACH

Prevent → Reduce → Reuse → Repair → Recycle → Recover → Safely Treat Residual Waste

The objective should not be only to make India look clean after waste has been generated.

The greater objective should be:

“Prevent unnecessary waste from being generated in the first place.”

India already has an important statutory foundation. The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, notified under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, replaced the 2016 Rules from 1 April 2026 and incorporate circular-economy, segregation, Extended Producer Responsibility, and online monitoring principles.

Therefore, this proposal is not intended to create a parallel system, but to strengthen, integrate and aggressively implement the existing framework.


3. WHY INDIA NEEDS THIS NOW

India has a very large population, rapid urbanisation and rapidly increasing consumption of packaged consumer products.

Government-reported municipal solid-waste generation was 1,70,338 tonnes per day in 2021–22, with 91,512 tonnes per day reported as treated.

At the same time, India has multiple waste streams:

  • Municipal solid waste
  • Plastic and packaging waste
  • Food and organic waste
  • Paper and cardboard
  • Glass
  • Metals
  • E-waste
  • Battery waste
  • Biomedical waste
  • Hazardous waste
  • Construction and demolition waste
  • Used oil
  • Waste tyres
  • Textile waste

The Government already recognises multiple waste-management streams under India's circular-economy framework, including plastic, battery, e-waste, waste tyres, used oil, end-of-life vehicles, C&D waste and solid waste.

The concern is therefore not simply today's garbage.

The bigger concern is:

How much waste will India generate in 2030, 2040 and 2047 if present consumption patterns continue?

India should calculate this before the problem becomes unmanageable.


4. SPECIAL CONCERN — LOW-COST MASS-CONSUMPTION PRODUCTS

A ₹1, ₹5 or ₹10 product may contain only a few grams of packaging.

But when millions of units are produced and consumed every day:

Small packaging × enormous volume × 365 days

can create an enormous national waste burden.

Therefore, waste policy should consider not only:

“Can an individual package be thrown away responsibly?”

but also:

“How much packaging waste does this product create nationally every year?”

This is particularly important for:

  • Food products
  • Beverages
  • Snacks
  • Sachets
  • Small consumer products
  • E-commerce packaging
  • Disposable products
  • Single-use packaging

This is not a criticism of low-income consumers.

Rather:

Affordable products should remain affordable while manufacturers and policymakers progressively reduce the environmental burden of their packaging.


5. NATIONAL WASTE DATA & FORECASTING SYSTEM

India should establish an integrated:

National Waste Generation & Circular Economy Dashboard

It should measure, state-wise and district-wise:

  • Waste generated/day
  • Waste generated/person/day
  • Waste collected
  • Waste segregated
  • Waste recycled
  • Waste reused
  • Organic waste processed
  • Energy/resource recovered
  • Waste sent to landfill
  • Legacy waste
  • Illegal dumping
  • Plastic/packaging generated
  • E-waste generated
  • C&D waste generated
  • Hazardous waste
  • Other specialised waste streams

Most importantly:

Government should publish projections for:

2030 → 2040 → 2047

based on population, urbanisation, consumption, manufacturing, packaging and economic growth.


6. “WASTE-PER-PRODUCT FOOTPRINT”

Introduce a national Waste-per-Product Footprint concept for mass-produced packaged products.

Manufacturers could progressively declare:

Product → Packaging material → Packaging weight → Recyclability → Recycled content → EPR responsibility → Collection → Recovery/Recycling

A QR code could allow consumers and regulators to access this information.

This would encourage manufacturers to compete not only on:

price + quality

but also on:

lower material use + better recyclability + higher recovery.


7. STRENGTHEN EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY

India already has EPR mechanisms across several waste streams.

The next stage should be:

“Producer responsibility should follow the product through its end-of-life journey.”

For applicable products, digital records should progressively demonstrate:

Manufacture → Sale → Collection → Recycling/Reuse/Recovery → Final environmentally safe treatment

This will reduce the possibility of responsibility ending merely when the product is sold.


8. PACKAGING-WASTE PREVENTION

Government should encourage industry to move progressively towards:

Less packaging → Reusable → Refillable → Recyclable → Recycled-content packaging

Possible measures:

  • Refillable systems
  • Returnable containers
  • Deposit-return systems
  • Recyclable mono-material packaging
  • Increased recycled content
  • Reusable delivery packaging
  • Packaging reduction targets
  • Packaging redesign
  • Concentrated products where technically appropriate

The objective should be:

“Design out unnecessary waste.”


9. UNIVERSAL SOURCE SEGREGATION

The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 already mandate four-stream segregation:

1.     Wet Waste

2.     Dry Waste

3.     Sanitary Waste

4.     Special Care Waste

The Rules also provide for online tracking and monitoring of collection, transportation, processing and disposal.

The proposed Mission should make implementation measurable at every level.

A city should not be called “clean” merely because streets appear clean.

Its performance should also reflect:

Segregation + Collection + Recycling + Reuse + Recovery + Safe Disposal + Reduction in waste generation


10. PROPOSED DISTRICT WASTE PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD

Every district could publicly report:

Indicator

Target / Measurement

Waste generation

kg/person/day

Source segregation

%

Collection

%

Recycling

%

Reuse

%

Organic processing

%

Resource recovery

%

Landfill/residual waste

%

Illegal dumping

Number

Waste reduction

Year-on-year %

EPR compliance

%

The purpose should be continuous improvement and transparency, rather than simply ranking cities.


11. 2026–2030 IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP

2026 — BASELINE

  • Integrate existing national waste databases
  • Establish national and State/UT dashboards
  • Establish reliable baseline measurements
  • Identify major waste-generating product categories
  • Map existing recycling infrastructure

2027 — UNIVERSAL SEGREGATION & RESPONSIBILITY

  • Strengthen four-stream source segregation
  • Strengthen bulk-waste-generator compliance
  • Strengthen EPR implementation
  • Expand digital traceability

2028 — WASTE PREVENTION & PACKAGING REDUCTION

  • Waste-per-product footprint
  • Packaging reduction programmes
  • Refillable/reusable models
  • Recycled-content targets
  • Circular manufacturing incentives

2029 — DISTRICT CIRCULAR ECONOMY

  • District resource-recovery centres
  • Recycling/MSME clusters
  • Organic-waste processing
  • Repair/reuse centres
  • Minimum-dumping strategies

2030 — NATIONAL PERFORMANCE TARGET

100% accountable segregation and collection

plus

Maximum feasible prevention, reuse, recycling and resource recovery

plus

Safe treatment of unavoidable residual waste

This deliberately avoids claiming that literally every gram of waste can technically be recycled.


12. WASTE AS AN ECONOMIC RESOURCE

Waste should increasingly be treated as:

Waste → Secondary Raw Material → Manufacturing → Employment → Business → Tax Revenue

Potential sectors include:

  • Recycling industries
  • Repair industries
  • Reuse businesses
  • Refurbishment
  • Green MSMEs
  • Compost
  • Biogas
  • Recycled plastic
  • Recycled paper
  • Recycled metals
  • Recycled glass
  • Construction-material recovery
  • E-waste material recovery

This could create a substantial circular-economy ecosystem.


13. ECONOMIC & BUSINESS BENEFITS

The Mission could help create:

  • New circular-economy industries
  • Green employment
  • MSME opportunities
  • Resource savings
  • Reduced raw-material dependence
  • Reduced landfill requirements
  • Better use of land
  • Reduced environmental remediation costs
  • Greater material recovery
  • Innovation opportunities
  • New recycling technologies
  • New business models

14. PUBLIC BENEFITS

A successful national waste-prevention programme can contribute to:

  • Cleaner cities and villages
  • Better public hygiene
  • Reduced litter
  • Reduced pollution
  • Better resource conservation
  • Improved waste-worker safety
  • More efficient municipal services
  • Greater public awareness
  • Cleaner water bodies
  • Better environmental protection
  • A healthier environment for future generations

15. PROPOSED NATIONAL PRINCIPLE

“THE PRODUCER + CONSUMER + LOCAL BODY + RECYCLER + GOVERNMENT — EVERYONE HAS A ROLE.”

Government should provide:

Law + standards + infrastructure + monitoring + incentives

Industry should provide:

Better product design + less packaging + EPR + recovery

Local bodies should provide:

Segregated collection + processing + monitoring

Citizens should provide:

Responsible consumption + segregation + proper handover

Recycling industries should provide:

Recovery + reuse + recycling + safe treatment


16. EXISTING LEGAL FOUNDATION

The Mission can build upon the existing legal framework, including:

  • Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
  • Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026
  • Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 and amendments
  • E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 and amendments
  • Hazardous and Other Wastes framework
  • Construction & Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2025
  • Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022 and amendments
  • Other applicable EPR/circular-economy regulations

MoEFCC's current rules repository lists the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 and the other relevant waste-management frameworks.


17. IMPORTANT POLICY MODIFICATION

Do not create another isolated “cleaning scheme”.

Instead:

Integrate the existing laws, portals, EPR systems, State Pollution Control Boards, local bodies and industries into one measurable National Waste Prevention & Circular Economy Mission.

The new Mission should function as an umbrella coordination and performance framework.


18. PROPOSED 2030 NATIONAL MESSAGE

“INDIA @ 2030 — LESS WASTE, MORE RESOURCES.”

And the long-term vision:

“INDIA @ 2047 — A CLEAN, CIRCULAR AND RESOURCE-EFFICIENT DEVELOPED NATION.”


19. STRONG CONCLUSION

SWACHH BHARAT SHOULD NOW ENTER ITS NEXT STAGE.

Cleaning the waste already lying on the ground is necessary.

But a truly progressive India must ask a more fundamental question:

“WHY SHOULD THIS WASTE BE CREATED IN THE FIRST PLACE?”

India should therefore move:

FROM CLEANING WASTE

TO PREVENTING WASTE

FROM THROW-AWAY CULTURE

TO CIRCULAR ECONOMY

FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT

TO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

FROM TODAY'S CLEANLINESS

TO TOMORROW'S SUSTAINABILITY

If India plans seriously for 2047, it should calculate and control its waste generation today.

LESS WASTE TODAY = A CLEANER, HEALTHIER, RESOURCE-EFFICIENT AND PROSPEROUS INDIA TOMORROW.

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