SWACHH BHARAT MISSION-URBAN (SBM-U) AND
NATIONAL POLICY ON FAECAL SLUDGE AND SEPTAGE
MANAGEMENT (FSSM)

6th International Workshop on Decentralized
Domestic Wastewater Treatment in Asia
19th September 2018, Tokyo, Japan

Presenter
Chaitra Devoor, Technical Officer,
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA)
Government of India
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India-Urban Demographics

OVERVIEW

4041 Cities/towns
31.2 %

42.62 %

i.e. 377 million ofIndia’s total
population lives intowns

Lives in 53 metros
having million plus
population

Net decadal urban growth more thanrural growthUrban Sanitation Status in India

OVERVIEW

1

India has a 3 Tier Government- Divided into Centre, State, ULBs Water, Sanitation &Hygiene (WASH) is a state subject

2

States have the responsibility to plan, design and implement WATSAN projects including
the O&M and cost recovery

3

At the Central level, MoHUA is the Nodal Ministry for urban WATSAN Sector. CPHEEO
acts as an Advisory body to handhold States by way of technical advice, guidelines,
scrutiny and appraisal of schemes and propagation of new technologies in the field ofwater supply and sanitation including CPHEEO also supports the Ministry in policy
formulation and CPHEEO plays a vital role in processing the schemes posed for Bilateraland Multilateral funding agencies such as World Bank / JICA/ ADB/ KfW/ AfD and otherexternal funding agencies. to formulate policy guidelines & programs and provide
technical assistance to the State Governments.

OVERVIEW

Urban Sanitation Status in India

18.6%

81.4%

Do not have household toilets

Have a household toilet

Safe
Disposal

31%

11467 MLD out of38,254 MLD from Class
I&II towns)

Septic Tank

38.2%
8.8%

Pit Laterine*Figures as per Census 2011

1.7%
Insanitary
Latrines

32.7%
Sewerage
Connection

6%

Community
Toilets

12.6%

Open
Defecation

UnsafeDisposal69 %CURRENT SITUATION OF
URBAN POPULATIONWASTEWATERTREATMENT SYSTEM

Sewage Generation & Treatment Capacity

According to CPCB (2014 -15) study in 36 States/UTs of India, the sewage generation isabout 61,948 MLD

No of STP (816)

Capacity (23,277 MLD)

702528145

79

Operational

522

629

1237

Operational

Non-Operational

Non-Operational

Under Construction

Under Construction

Proposed

Proposed18883

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
INITIATIVES ONSANITATIONMoHUA Initiatives for FSSM
• More than 30 million households depend on septic tanks (Census2011)• Advisory Note on Septage Management in Urban India waspublished in 2013.

• National policy on faecal sludge and septage management (FSSM)
policy was launched in 2017.
• Notification of State level policy for FSSM was one of the milestone
for getting reform incentives under AMRUT for FY 2016-17. As perTCPO, 19 States have adopted State level FSSM policies.
• Septage management plans are being
Operational Guidelines on FSSM developeddevelopedbycities.

• RFPs/EOIs issued for construction of Faecal Sludge Treatment Plants National policy on
faecal sludge and(FSTPs).

septage management• Swachh Survekshan 2018 and Swachh Survekshan 2019 there are (FSSM) policy
indicators on FSSM.

• ODF++ protocol

Advisory on Septage
Management

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
INITIATIVES ON
SANITATION

Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban

Implementation Components

Individual household toilets
Community toilets/Public toilets

0.66 crore IHHL
5 lakh CT/PT seats

Solid waste management
Major Objectives
Eradication of Open Defecation in all
4041 Statutory towns
100% Scientific Solid Waste
Management in all
4041 Statutory towns

Information, Education andCommunication (IEC)
Capacity Building (CB)

Awareness
Outreach
AdvocacyAchievements under the mission
1745 cities have beencertified as OpenDefecation Free
Accessible Sanitation
Nearly 0.43 million
CT/PT seats built/ underconstruction
Waste to Energy
Current Production of88.5 MW
Waste Processing
Over 35% waste
processed

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
INITIATIVES ON
SANITATION

Safe Sanitation
Nearly 5.8 million
IHHL constructed
Safe collection of MSW
Over 79% urban wards
have 100% Door toDoor Collection
Waste to CompostProduction
3.7 million MT/Y

Policy Interventions

POLICY INTERVENTIONS•The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016
covering collection, transportation and processing of waste•

35% provided as Viability Gap Funding/Grant by Government of India for all Solid Waste management projects

Waste toCompost•

M/o Chemicals & Fertilizers has notified policy on promotion of City Compost providing Market
Development Assistance of Rs. 1,500 per tonne to fertilizer companies/ ULBs/Compost manufacturers•M/o Power has revised the Tariff Policy 2006 under the Indian Electricity Act, 2003, making it mandatoryfor State DISCOMS to purchase power from Waste-to-Energy plants.

•

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has notified Generic tariff for Waste-to-Energy at Rs.
7.04 per unit and for RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) at Rs. 7.90 per unit

Plastics in RoadConstruction•M/o Road Transport and Highways has notified use of plastic waste in bituminous mixes in construction ofNational highways

C&D WasteManagement•

Central Public Works Dept. has notified mandatory use of recycled portions of C&D Waste in construction
activities, if the same is available within 100 kms. of the construction site.

Waste to Energy

Waste watertreatment•Measure taken for utilization of tertiary treated waste water from sewage treatment plant in the thermal
power station situated within the distance of 50 km.

OTHER INITIATIVES

Other Initiatives
ODF+ and ODF++ Protocols focus on sustaining ODF outcomes and achieving holistic sanitation. ODF+
protocol focuses on maintenance of community and public toilets, and ODF++ protocol focuses on faecal sludge
and septage management.

Star Rating Protocol for Garbage Free Cities‘DPR planning Tool’ to assist ULBs to select best technology for processing of their waste
Development of Technical advisories to build the capacities of States/ULBs.
(Waste to wealth, Decentralised Methods of Composting, Advisory on Bulk Waste Generators, Standard
Operating Procedures for Swachh Neighourhood, Swachh RWAs, Swachh Parks, Swachh Offices, etc)
Mobile Fertilizer Management System (mFMS) has recorded 3.94 lakh tonnes of production of compost
and 1.61 lakh Tonnes of sale of compost in the last one yearIEC & Behaviour Change InitiativesGOVERNMENT OF INDIA
INITIATIVES ONSANITATION

Partnership with comics bookpublishers

Asli Tarakki Campaign

Swachh Bharat IdeaBook

Developing creatives fornational dissemination

Celebrities for national campaigns

Engaging SHGs

Regular triggering exercises forswachhagrahi selection

National Student
Engagement campaign

Capacity Building Initiatives under SBM
E-Learning
Technical Advisories & Standard Operating Procedures

E-learning Courses Available
21

August 2015145

As on date

6.06 lakh
CourseCertifications
across India

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
INITIATIVES ONSANITATION

Swachh Survekshan
Swachh Survekshan– Competitiveframework forevaluating progressand expeditingefforts• City ranking survey on mission-related parameters, to foster
competition among cities as well as monitor progress under themission,• First ever Pan India Sanitation Survey impacting around 40 crore
citizens• Largest ever sanitation survey in the world

Survey methodology
123

SS - 2016

SS - 2017

73 Cities

434 Cities

With Million+
population andState Capitals

With 1 Lakh+
Population andState Capitals

SS - 2018

SS - 20194203 cities

All Cities

ULB documentation
Independent observationand verification
Citizen feedbackThank You