Lok Sabha Question No. 654 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-20
Subject: Quantum of Bio-Medical Waste
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: MAHEISH GIRRI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 654 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 th JULY, 2018

## QUANTUM OF BIO - MEDICAL WASTE

## 654. SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of recent reports that several hospitals lack facilities for disposal of bio - medicalwaste and if so, the details thereof, State/ UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government has taken any action to address the issue, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government plans to ins all Bio - Medical Waste Management systems for such States?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) to (c): Health is being a State subject, such information is not maintained centrally.

However, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has informed that as per Bio -medical  Waste  Management  Rules,  2016,  healthcare  facilities  should  not  establish  on - site treatment and disposal facility for the treatment of biomedical waste, if a service of Biomedical  Waste  Treatment  Facility  (CBMWTF)  is  available  at  a distance  of  seventy  five kilometre. However, every health care facility should have adequate facilities for seg and  collection  of  biomedical  waste.  Accordingly,  healthcare  facilities  should  have  ad facilities such as colour coded bins/contain ers, colour coded bags, covered trolleys, waste central storage  facility,  personal  protection  equipment  etc.  for  safe  segregation  and  colle biomedical waste.

In case where service of Common Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility (CBWTF) is not available, the Occupiers shall set up requisite biomedical waste treatment facility install treatment and disposal equipment like incinerator, autoclave, microwave, shredder,

As per information submitted by S tate Pollution Control Boards (SPCB) / Pollution Control  Committees  (PCCs)  on  biomedical  waste  management  for  the  year  2016,  there  ar 1,87,160 no. of Health Care Facilities (HCFs) having 18,99,269 beds and generating bio - medical waste at about 517 tons pe r day.

Out  of  517  tons/day  of  biomedical  waste  generated,  500  tons/day  of  waste  is  be treated and disposed by 199 no. of Common Biomedical Waste Treatment and Disposal facilit and 15,181 no. of captive treatment facilities installed by (Health Care Facilities) HCFs.

About 15,181 no. of Health Care Facilities (HCFs) are having captive bio - medical waste treatment and disposal facilities, which are involved in treatment and disposal of bio - medical waste.  State - wise details of HCFs having captive treatment facilities is given at Annexure .

## State - wise details of captive treatment facility installed by Healthcare Facilities

|   S.No. | States/UTs                          |   Total No. HCFs | of No. of HCFs having Captive Treatment Facilities   |
|---------|-------------------------------------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman Nicobar                     |               35 | 30                                                   |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                      |             5922 | 01                                                   |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh                   |               59 | 06                                                   |
|       4 | Assam                               |             1381 | 149                                                  |
|       5 | Bihar                               |              390 | 03                                                   |
|       6 | Chandigarh                          |              780 | 03                                                   |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh                        |              645 | 554                                                  |
|       8 | Daman &Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli |              121 | Nil                                                  |
|       9 | Delhi                               |             4644 | 8 (only autoclave)                                   |
|      10 | Goa                                 |              247 | 247                                                  |
|      11 | Gujarat                             |            28597 | Nil                                                  |
|      12 | Haryana                             |             3167 | 01                                                   |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh                    |              796 | 396                                                  |
|      14 | Jharkhand                           |             1150 | INP                                                  |
|      15 | J & K                               |              763 | 76                                                   |
|      16 | Karnataka                           |            29874 | 5061                                                 |
|      17 | Kerala                              |             9154 | 88                                                   |
|      18 | Lakshadweep                         |               20 | 20                                                   |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh                      |             5080 | 181                                                  |
|      20 | Maharashtra                         |            52704 | 4003                                                 |
|      21 | Manipur                             |              699 | 532                                                  |
|      22 | Meghalaya                           |              703 | 90                                                   |
|      23 | Mizoram                             |              104 | Nil                                                  |
|      24 | Nagaland                            |              168 | 168                                                  |
|      25 | Orissa                              |             2225 | 1597                                                 |
|      26 | Puducherry                          |              242 | 01                                                   |
|      27 | Punjab                              |             6475 | Nil                                                  |
|      28 | Rajasthan                           |             5647 | 1282                                                 |
|      29 | Sikkim                              |               44 | 44                                                   |
|      30 | Tamil Nadu                          |             3977 | INP                                                  |
|      31 | Telengana                           |             4021 | Nil                                                  |
|      32 | Tripura                             |             1890 | 04                                                   |
|      33 | Uttarakhand                         |              773 | 236                                                  |
|      34 | Uttar Pradesh                       |             8656 | 28                                                   |
|      35 | West Bengal                         |             5537 | 2                                                    |