{"id":207782,"date":"2022-09-26T18:37:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T13:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=207782"},"modified":"2022-09-26T18:37:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T13:07:18","slug":"mohua-to-launch-swachh-toycathon-a-unique-competition-to-make-toys-from-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mohua-to-launch-swachh-toycathon-a-unique-competition-to-make-toys-from-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"MoHUA to launch \u2018Swachh Toycathon&#8217;, a unique competition to make toys from \u2018Waste\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>MoHUA to launch \u2018Swachh Toycathon&#8217;, a unique competition to make toys from Waste<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>PIB <\/b>on<b> 25th September 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(MoHUA) has launched the \u201c<\/span><b>Swachh Toycathon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d under the Swachh Amrit Mahotsav.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is Swachh Toycathon?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swachh Toycathon is a convergence between the National Action Plan for Toys (NAPT) and Swachh Bharat Mission phase two(SBM 2.0).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To explore solutions for the use of waste in manufacturing toys.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Eligibility:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Toycathon will be open to individuals and groups to bring forth innovation in toy designs using dry waste.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Focus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The focus will be on efficient designs that can be replicated on a larger scale, toys that comply with minimum safety standards and aesthetics of the toys.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Knowledge Partner:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Center for Creative Learning, IIT Gandhinagar is the knowledge partner for the initiative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the National Action Plan for Toys(NAPT)?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Action Plan for Toys(NAPT) was launched in 2020 to promote the Indian toy industry including traditional handicrafts and handmade toys with the objective of establishing India as a global Toy hub.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Nodal Ministry<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade(DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry along with 14 ministries of the Central government are currently implementing various aspects of the NAPT.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cMoHUA to launch \u2018Swachh Toycathon&#8217;, a unique competition to make toys from Waste\u201d published in PIB on 25th September 2022. What is the News? Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs(MoHUA) has launched the \u201cSwachh Toycathon\u201d under the Swachh Amrit Mahotsav. What is Swachh Toycathon? Swachh Toycathon is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mohua-to-launch-swachh-toycathon-a-unique-competition-to-make-toys-from-waste\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MoHUA to launch \u2018Swachh Toycathon&#8217;, a unique competition to make toys from \u2018Waste\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-207782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}