A comprehensive study has been done in this paper to analyze the wide range of municipal solid waste management and future scenario of its strategies to treat its solid waste in India. Its urban population grew at a rate of 31.8% during the last decade to 377 million, which is greater than the entire population of US, the third largest country in the world according to population. India is facing a sharp contrast between its increasing urban population and available services and resources. Solid waste management (SWM) is one such service where India has an enormous gap to fill, Proper municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal systems to address the burgeoning amount of wastes are absent. The current SWM services are inefficient, incur heavy expenditure and are so low as to be a potential threat to the public health and environmental quality. Improper solid waste management deteriorates public health, causes environmental pollution, accelerates natural resources degradation. Causes climate change and greatly impacts the quality of life of citizens. The information provided is very useful when planning, changing or implementing waste management systems in cities.