Lok Sabha Question No. 375 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-18
Subject: Scientific Management of Municipal Solid Waste
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: P. Ravindhranath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 375

## TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 18, 2019 SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT OF MUNCIPAL SOLID WASTE

No. 375.  SHRI P. RAVINDRANATH KUMAR:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether there is lack of infrastructure for processing and recycling plants for scientific management of municipal solid waste as per the provisions of the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2016 in major urban bodies across the country;
- (b)  if  so,  whether  the  Government  is  implementing  any  scheme  to provide financial assistance for setting up scientific management of solid waste in municipalities and urban bodies; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof indicating  the  financial  assistance provided  by  the  Government  to  all  States/UTs  including  Tamil Nadu  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) to (c) : A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 375 FOR 18.07.2019 REGARDING SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT OF MUNCIPAL SOLID WASTE.

(a) : As per the Constitution, scientific management of Municipal Solid Waste  (MSW),  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of Solid  Waste Management Rules,  2016,  is  primarily  a  function  of  the  Urban  Local Bodies (ULBs) and State Governments/ Union Territories(UT). The total waste generated in the major ULBs (having population more than  10  Lakhs)  is  67,000  Tons  per  Day  (TPD),  while  the  waste processing capacity in these ULBs is 58,000 TPD. (b): Under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U), Government of India is  supplementing the efforts of ULBs and State Governments/ UTs in achieving 100% scientific Municipal Waste Management by provision of  financial  assistance  up  to  35%  of  the  Solid  Waste  Management (SWM)  project  cost.  In  addition,  the  State  Electricity  Distribution Companies  are  mandated  to  purchase  100%  power  generated  by Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) based Waste to Energy (WTE) plants at the generic tariff notified by State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC).  Market  Development  Assistance  (MDA)  is  provided  @  Rs. 1,500/-  per  MT  of  compost  produced  by  Waste  to  Compost  (WTC) plants. (c): The  State/UT-wise  details of  the  funds  released  for  SWM component to the States/UTs under SBM(U) during the last three years and current year is annexed.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 375 FOR 18.07.2019 REGARDING SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT OF MUNCIPAL SOLID WASTE.

(Figures are in Rs. crores)

|   Sl. No. | State/UT             |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | A&N Islands          |      0    |      0    |      0.33 |      0    |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh       |    185.97 |    101.55 |      0    |      0    |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|         4 | Assam                |      0    |     38.38 |      0    |     38.38 |
|         5 | Bihar                |     71.97 |     11.34 |     34.35 |     39.87 |
|         6 | Chandigarh           |      1.49 |      0    |      0.98 |     10    |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh         |      0    |     48.99 |     69.14 |      0    |
|         8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|         9 | Daman & Diu          |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|        10 | Delhi                |      0    |      0    |     53.13 |      0    |
|        11 | Goa                  |      2.08 |      2.15 |      0    |      0    |
|        12 | Gujarat              |    187.9  |     80.21 |    268.11 |      0    |
|        13 | Haryana              |     45.09 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh     |      6.1  |      0    |      3.06 |      0    |
|        15 | Jammu & Kashmir      |      0    |      0    |     28.55 |      0    |
|        16 | Jharkhand            |     37.36 |     45.68 |     21.36 |      0    |
|        17 | Karnataka            |     18.12 |     41.92 |    214.34 |      0    |
|        18 | Kerala               |      0    |      0    |     51.64 |      0    |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh       |      0    |    248.82 |      0    |      0    |
|        20 | Maharashtra          |      0    |    232.22 |    178.4  |      0    |
|        21 | Manipur              |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|        22 | Meghalaya            |      0    |      0.55 |      0    |      0.55 |
|        23 | Mizoram              |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|        24 | Nagaland             |      0    |      0    |      0.46 |      0    |
|        25 | Odisha               |     18.98 |      0    |      9.31 |      0    |
|        26 | Puducherry           |      1.12 |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|        27 | Punjab               |      0    |     97.38 |      0    |      0    |
|        28 | Rajasthan            |    181.95 |    128.66 |      0    |      0    |
|        29 | Sikkim               |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|        30 | Tamil Nadu           |    108.49 |      0    |    263.19 |    110.84 |
|        31 | Telangana            |     50.08 |     26.8  |     19.62 |      0    |
|        32 | Tripura              |      0    |      0    |      0    |      7.76 |
|        33 | Uttar Pradesh        |      0    |    144.49 |    245.68 |      0    |
|        34 | Uttarakhand          |      0    |      0    |      2.55 |      2.12 |
|        35 | West Bengal          |      0    |     53.44 |    111.82 |      0    |

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