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UPSC CSE Mains 2026 · GS3 · 15 marks · 250 words

What are the challenges to solid waste management in India? Discuss the governmental policy framework on solid waste management. Discuss the success/failure cases of Delhi and Indore cities highlighting the salient feature of their solid waste management initiatives.

Theme

T157 Solid & hazardous waste management

What UPSC asks in this theme

Questions ask solid waste challenges, policy framework, Indore vs Delhi, and safe removal of toxic waste.

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Writing the answer

These notes are for the whole theme, built from all 2 of its PYQs. UPSC does not publish model answers.

More PYQs from this theme

  1. GS32018

    What are the impediments disposing the huge quantities of discarded solid waste which are continuously being generated? How do we remove safely the toxic wastes that have been accumulated in our habitable environment?

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