Current context: Union HRD Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched Waste Management Accelerator for Aspiring Women Entrepreneurs (WAWE Summit 2019) as part of an initiative of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
a. Promoting women entrepreneurs to work towards waste management
b. Promoting school students to work towards waste management
c. Promoting citizens to work towards waste management
d. Promoting MSMEs to work towards waste management
- The WAWE summit is an initiative to promote women entrepreneurs to work towards waste management and providing alternatives to single-use plastic carry bags.
- The theme of WAWE 2019 is “Make your own bag – empowering women to take up income generation activity and entrepreneurship in waste management through making a business out of this record creating concept”.
- The WAWE Summit will be held in November to December 2019.
- It will be jointly organized by the Institute of Waste Management (IIWM) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) at Jaipur.
- The participants are guided to connect from “Start-Up India to Stand Up India”.
Question:
Q.1 The WAWE Summit 2019 was recently organised for?a. Promoting women entrepreneurs to work towards waste management
b. Promoting school students to work towards waste management
c. Promoting citizens to work towards waste management
d. Promoting MSMEs to work towards waste management
