Lok Sabha Question No. 560 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: Waste Management Technology Programme
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.560 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19/07/2017

## WASTE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME

## 560. SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó Ùðüëðó be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of  Waste Management Technology (WMT) Programme in the country;
- (b) the  achievements  of  the  Government  under  the  above  said  programme  in  the country, State-wise;
- (c) the  total  expenditure  incurred  by  the  Government  since  the  inception  of  the programme in the country; and
- (d) the  total  budgetary  allocation  by  the  Government  to  the  above  said  programme during the last 3 years and the current year?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI Y.S. CHOWDHARY)

òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó +ÉÉè® ÑðöÆãðó òãðìððÐð ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó

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- (a) Department of Science and Technology started a program on Waste Management Technologies in the year 2015 to handle Industrial hazardous and non-hazardous waste, Biomedical Waste, Electronic Waste, Construction & Demolition waste and Urban &Rural solid  waste  including  Plastics.  Technology  Development  Projects  proposed  by  R&D agencies, in association with industry, to develop pre-competitive technologies/ techniques/ processes are considered for funding.

Also, Department of Biotechnology is supporting projects to generate energy using various  types  of  wastes  like  agriculture  residue,  municipal  solid  waste,  municipal  liquid waste and industrial effluents.

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is also promoting R & D to develop technological solutions for e-waste in environment friendly manner.

- (b) These  programmes  are  not  State-specific  and  promoted  at  a  National  level.  The Grants provided are competitive in nature and awarded to the respective host institutions of the applicants. The achievements so far can be summarized as follows:
-  DST  has  sanctioned  19  projects  during  2016  on  recommendation  of  a  high  level technical  Committee  constituted  for  Waste  Management  Technologies  program, with a total budget of Rs. 33 crores and industry contribution of Rs. 4 crores. 24

new projects have been selected by DST for financial support during, 2017, worth Rs. 20 crores after critical scrutiny.  The distribution of projects based on the type of waste is given in the table below:

| Type of Waste                                 |   Projects sanctioned during 2016-17 | Projects to be sanctioned 2017-18   |
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Industrial Waste                              |                                    9 | 14                                  |
| Urban and Rural solid waste including Plastic |                                    4 | 9                                   |
| E-Waste                                       |                                    3 | 1                                   |
| Biomedical Waste                              |                                    3 | -                                   |
| Total                                         |                                   19 | 24                                  |

-  DBT sanctioned three projects to develop the cellulosic ethanol technology using the agriculture waste as a  feed  stock.  In  collaboration  with  Netherlands,  Department has launched a programme for the cleaning of the Barapullah Drain titled 'Local Treatment  of  Urban  Sewage  Streams  for  Healthy  Reuse'.  In  partnership  with BMBF-Germany  and European Union (Inno-Indigo) programme for waste management and its valorization, Department has supported seven projects.  Four projects are in collaboration with Germany and three projects are with European Union.    Thirty  three  projects  were  supported  in  the  areas  relevant  to  waste management & environmental improvement though application of Biotechnology.
-  MeitY has set up a demonstration plant at Bangalore with participation from State Government of Karnataka, where organized and unorganized sector would utilize the facility to process Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) in safe environmentally sound method.  MeitY  has  also  initiated  a  project  entitled 'Awareness  Programme  on Environmental Hazards of Electronic Waste' in 10 identified States. The stakeholders involved are schools/ Colleges/ Residents' Welfare Associations/ Bulk Consumers/ refurbishers, manufacturers, informal sector and government officials. So far, nearly 71,000 participants from School, colleges, RWA, manufacturer, informal operators etc. and 2100 government officials have participated in various cities. In  addition  to  awareness,  the  programme  has undertaken inventory study for estimation of the quantum of e-waste in four states, viz., Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha.
- (c) The  total  expenditure  incurred  by  the  Government  since  the  inception  of  the programme in the country: Rs. 71.8 crores
-  Ministry of Science and Technology: Rs. 65 crores

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-  Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology: Rs. 6.8 crores

(d) The total budgetary allocation by the government to the above said program during the last 3 years and the current year:

There is no separate budget allocated for these programs. They are being implemented as part of on-going schemes/programs.

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