Lok Sabha Question No. 2974 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Generation of Solid Waste
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, George Baker

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2974

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2018

## GENERATION OF SOLID WASTE

## 2974. SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA: SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

(a): the details of the solid waste generated every year across the country,  State/UT-wise;

(b): the steps taken / being taken by the Government to reuse this solid waste;

(c): whether the Government is planning to encourage  waste-to-energy projects  in  all  cities  and  towns across the country and if so, the details thereof;

(d): whether  the  Government  has  received  any  suggestion  from  any  State  in  this  regard  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and

(e): whether  his  Ministry  has  tied  up  with  the  Ministry  of  Power  in  this  regard  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be generated?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY (I/C) (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a): The State / UTs wise details of estimated generation of municipal solid waste is given in Annexure.

(b): As per Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, it is the duty and responsibility of local authorities to "setup  material  recovery  facilities  or  secondary  storage  facilities  with  sufficient  space  for  sorting  of recyclable  materials  to  enable  informal  or  authorized  waste  pickers  and  waste  collectors  to  separate recyclables  from  the  waste  and  provide  easy  access  to  waste  pickers  and  recyclers  for  collection  of segregated recyclable waste such as paper, plastic, metal, glass, textile from the source of generation or from  material  recovery  facilities".  In  addition,  under  Swachh  Bharat  Mission-Urban,  a  guide  titled  "An Inclusive Swachh Bharat through the integration of the Informal Sector: A Step by Step Guide" has been published to help the Urban Local Bodies & States to integrate informal waste pickers to promote reuse/ recycling of solid wastes. For the recycling and reuse of Construction & Demolition Waste, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has amended/revised the IS 383  - Specification  for Coarse  and  Fine  aggregates, enabling the use of recycled aggregates in construction activities.

(c) to (e): The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) provides Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for setting up of waste to energy plants utilizing agricultural waste, urban waste, industrial waste and Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to generate power. In addition, the Swachh Bharat Mission under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs also provides central assistance of 35% of the total project cost to all  statutory  cities/  towns  as  per  the  guidelines  for  Solid  Waste  Processing  including  waste  to  energy projects.  No specific suggestion has been received in this regard by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs  as  well  as  MNRE  on  waste  to  energy  plants  from  State  Governments.  At  present,  six  waste-toenergy plants using Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) with cumulative installed capacity of 65.75 MW are in operation in the country.

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Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2974 for 04/01/2018 regarding 'Generation of Solid Waste'

## State-wise Solid Waste Generation in urban areas, as on November 2017

| S. No.   | State                    | Total waste generation (MT/D)   | Total waste generation (in Lakh MT/Annum)   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh           | 6,525                           | 23.82                                       |
| 2        | Andaman& Nicobar Islands | 115                             | 0.42                                        |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 181                             | 0.66                                        |
| 4        | Assam                    | 1,134                           | 4.14                                        |
| 5        | Bihar                    | 1,192                           | 4.35                                        |
| 6        | Chandigarh UT            | 340                             | 1.24                                        |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh             | 1,959                           | 7.15                                        |
| 8        | Daman &Diu               | 23                              | 0.08                                        |
| 9        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 58                              | 0.21                                        |
| 10       | NCT of Delhi             | 10,500                          | 38.33                                       |
| 11       | Goa                      | 240                             | 0.88                                        |
| 12       | Gujarat                  | 10,145                          | 37.03                                       |
| 13       | Haryana                  | 4,514                           | 16.48                                       |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh         | 342                             | 1.25                                        |
| 15       | Jammu &Kashmir           | 1,792                           | 6.54                                        |
| 16       | Jharkhand                | 2,451                           | 8.95                                        |
| 17       | Karnataka                | 10,000                          | 36.50                                       |
| 18       | Kerala                   | 1,576                           | 5.75                                        |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh           | 6,424                           | 23.45                                       |
| 20       | Maharashtra              | 22,570                          | 82.38                                       |
| 21       | Manipur                  | 176                             | 0.64                                        |
| 22       | Meghalaya                | 268                             | 0.98                                        |
| 23       | Mizoram                  | 201                             | 0.73                                        |
| 24       | Nagaland                 | 342                             | 1.25                                        |
| 25       | Odisha                   | 2,460                           | 8.98                                        |
| 26       | Puducherry UT            | 495                             | 1.81                                        |
| 27       | Punjab                   | 4,100                           | 14.97                                       |
| 28       | Rajasthan                | 6,500                           | 23.73                                       |
| 29       | Sikkim                   | 89                              | 0.32                                        |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu               | 15,547                          | 56.75                                       |
| 31       | Telangana                | 7,371                           | 26.90                                       |
| 32       | Tripura                  | 421                             | 1.54                                        |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh            | 15,500                          | 56.58                                       |
| 34       | Uttarakhand              | 1,400                           | 5.11                                        |
| 35       | West Bengal              | 8,675                           | 31.66                                       |
| Total/   |                          | 1,45,626                        | 531.53                                      |
| Average  | Average                  |                                 |                                             |