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UPSC 2019: As per the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 in India, which one of the following statements is correct?
(a)Waste generator has to segregate waste into five categories.
(b)The Rules are applicable to notified urban local bodies, notified towns and all industrial townships only.
(c)The Rules provide for exact and elaborate criteria for the identification of sites for landfills and waste processing facilities.
(d)It is mandatory on the part of waste generator that the waste generated in one district cannot be moved to another district.
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) The Rules provide for exact and elaborate criteria for the identification of sites for landfills and waste processing facilities.
Schedule I of the SWM Rules 2016 prescribes detailed siting criteria for landfills—e.g., at least 100 m from rivers, 200 m from ponds/highways/habitations and 20 km from airports—thus option (c) is correct. The Rules require source segregation into three (not five) streams (wet, dry and domestic-hazardous), apply to rural areas, SEZs, airports, etc., and do not bar inter-district transport of waste, rendering options (a), (b) and (d) incorrect. ([legitquest.com](https://www.legitquest.com/act/solid-waste-management-rules-2016/9E9E?utm_source=openai))
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