Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation Narendra Singh 
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Tamil Nadu rural waste disposal system to be role model for other states

Hailing the Tamil Nadu model of solid and liquid waste management system, the Centre on Thursday said it would take steps to “replicate” the state’s successful initiative in rural habitations across the country.

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Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation Narendra Singh Tomar said this at a press conference held on the sidelines of the BRICS Conference on Participatory Local Budgeting here. The minister said around 9,000 villages in Tamil Nadu had successfully implemented the solid waste management system based on the ‘waste to wealth’ concept. 

The revenue generation model of Tamil Nadu would help generate additional income for Gram Panchayats under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission, which also ensures additional income to people in rural areas, he said. “Our effort is to replicate Tamil Nadu model at other places,” said Tomar.

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