Lok Sabha Question No. 1908 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Disposal of Biomedical Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Dileshwar Kamait, Jugal Kishore Sharma, Geeta Kora

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1908 TO BE ANSWERED ON12.02.2021

## Disposal of Biomedical Waste

1908.   SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT: SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA: SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

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

- (a) the number of institutions identified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) which are not ensuring proper disposal of bio-medical waste; and
- (b) the details of hospitals against which action has been taken during the last three years for  lacking  adequate  facilities  for  proper  disposal  of  biomedical  waste,  State/  UTwise?

## ANSWER MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) After  the  re-notification  of  Biomedical  Waste  Management  Rules,  2016  (BMWM Rules, 2016), the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has assessed the compliance status of 16 Health Care Facilities (HCFs), 44 Common Biomedical Waste Treatment Facilities (CBWTFs), 20 Educational Institutions (EI) and other establishments. Based on the discrepancies observed in compliance, CPCB issued directions under section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 against 12 HCFs and 28 CBWTFs. The CPCB had also imposed Environmental Compensation against 20 CBWTFs and 2 HCFs. Further, the non-compliances observed in respect of 92 Veterinary institutions were communicated to the respective State Governments and Union Territories. Additionally, for proper management of COVID-19 bio-medical waste, CPCB issued directions to 33 CBWTFs  for  not  feeding  data  on  a  COVID-19  BMW  Tracking  App,  which  was developed for reporting the quantity of COVID-19 related biomedical waste collection and disposal.
- (b) CPCB has initiated action against HCFs under Section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for violation of BMWM Rules, 2016, as mentioned below:

| State/ UT      |   No. of HCFs | Name of HCF                                                            |
|----------------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Assam          |             1 | Sub-divisional Railways Hospital Badarpur, Assam 788806                |
| Madhya Pradesh |             1 | Jaya Arogya Hospital (J.A. Groups of Hospital) Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh |

| Rajasthan   |   10 | M/s G.P Shekhawati Hospital, Jaipur                                   |
|-------------|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Rajasthan   |   10 | Manipal Hospital (Jaipur) Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur, Rajasthan                |
| Rajasthan   |   10 | M/s Monilek Hospital &Research Centre, Jaipur                         |
| Rajasthan   |   10 | M/s Rukmani Birla Hospital (A Unit of CMRI), Jaipur                   |
| Rajasthan   |   10 | M/s Neuro Care Hospital & Research Centre Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur           |
| Rajasthan   |   10 | M/s Abhishek Hospital Laser and Cosmetic Surgery, Jaipur              |
| Rajasthan   |   10 | Dr. Atul's Child Hospital, Shastri Nagar, Jaipur                      |
| Rajasthan   |   10 | M/s Global Heart & General Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur |
| Rajasthan   |   10 | M/s Haribux Kanwatia Government Hospital, Shastri Nagar, Jaipur       |
| Rajasthan   |   10 | M/s Jeevan Rekha Critical Care & Trauma Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan   |

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