Lok Sabha Question No. 1566 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-25
Subject: Import of Hazardous Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, SATYA PAL SINGH, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1566

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2017

## Import of Hazardous Waste

## 1566.   SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE: DR. SATYAPAL SINGH: SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  instances  of  import  of  hazardous  waste  in  contravention  of  the  Hazardous Waste  (Management,  Handling  and  Transboundary  Movement)  Rules,  2008  have come to the notice of the Government;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the action taken in such cases during each of the last three years and the current year, Importer and State/UTwise;
- (c) the details of permission granted to importers by the Government to import hazardous waste in the country along with total hazardous waste imported by them during the said period, Importer and State/ UT-wise;
- (d) the  mechanism  put  in  place  by  the  Government  to  monitor  compliance  of  the  said rules during import of hazardous waste into the country; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to ensure compliance of the said rules by each importer of hazardous waste in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

(a) & (b) The instance of import of hazardous waste in contravention of the Hazardous Waste (Management,  Handling  and  Transboundary  Movement)  Rules,  2008  and  Hazardous  and Other  Wastes  (Management  &  Transboundary  Movement)  Rules,  2016  have  not  come  to notice  of  the  Ministry  in  the  past  three  years.  However,  three  instances  of  irregularities  in transit of hazardous waste were brought to the notice of the Ministry in 2015 following which the waste was withheld during the transit.

(c) State-wise details of permissions granted by the Ministry for import of hazardous waste under  the  provisions  of  Hazardous  Waste  (Management,  Handling  &  Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008 and Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 during last three years is placed at Annexure I.

(d) & (e) Import of hazardous waste in the country is allowed only with prior approval of the competent  authority.  Further,  designated  custom  and  port  authorities  regulate  and  monitor entry  of  such  goods.  The  Government  has  comprehensively  revised  the  Hazardous  Waste (Management,  Handling  and  Transboundary  Movement)  Rules,  2008  in  April,  2016  and Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 have been notified. As per the provisions of these rules this Ministry grants permission for import subject  to  fulfillment  of  conditions  to  ensure  proper  recovery  and  recycling  of  hazardous waste.

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Annexure refer to Part (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1566  raised  by SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE,  DR. SATYAPAL SINGH and SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE to be answered on 25.07.2017 regarding 'Import of hazardous waste'.

|   S.NO. | Name of State/ Union Territory   | Quantity permitted by MOEF&CC in 2014-2015 (MT)   | Quantity permitted by MOEF&CC in 2015-2016 (MT)   | Quantity permitted by MOEF&CC in 2016-2017 (MT)   |
|---------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh                   | 28500                                             | 44500                                             | 186800                                            |
|       2 | Bihar                            | -                                                 | -                                                 | 1500                                              |
|       3 | Chhattisgarh                     | 45000                                             | 45000                                             | 4000                                              |
|       4 | Gujarat                          | 129250                                            | 137570                                            | 111800                                            |
|       5 | Haryana                          | 34800                                             | 40100                                             | 55700                                             |
|       6 | Himachal Pradesh                 | -                                                 | 2500                                              | 2000                                              |
|       7 | Jammu and Kashmir                | 10900                                             | 11200                                             | 10800                                             |
|       8 | Jharkhand                        | -                                                 | 5000                                              | 6000                                              |
|       9 | Karnataka                        | 22300                                             | 29500                                             | 40000                                             |
|      10 | Kerala                           | 2670                                              | 2000                                              | 7200                                              |
|      11 | Madhya Pradesh                   | 21100                                             | 11600                                             | 5000                                              |
|      12 | Maharashtra                      | 156950                                            | 74550                                             | 110060                                            |
|      13 | Orissa                           | 2000                                              | -                                                 | -                                                 |
|      14 | Punjab                           | 18200                                             | 8765                                              | -                                                 |
|      15 | Rajasthan                        | 53730                                             | 27810                                             | 44086                                             |
|      16 | Tamil Nadu                       | 21100                                             | 36400                                             | 95500                                             |
|      17 | Telangana                        | -                                                 | 13700                                             | 9200                                              |
|      18 | Uttarakhand                      | 32200                                             | 19800                                             | 27000                                             |
|      19 | Uttar Pradesh                    | 13800                                             | 32000                                             | 23500                                             |
|      20 | West Bengal                      | 35800                                             | 40200                                             | 41400                                             |
|      21 | Dadar and Nagar Haveli           | 10000                                             | -                                                 | -                                                 |
|      22 | Delhi                            | 46000                                             | 20500                                             | -                                                 |
|      23 | Daman &Diu                       | -                                                 | 12200                                             | -                                                 |

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