Lok Sabha Question No. 5188 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Medical Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Hanuman Beniwal, Sanjay Seth

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5188

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.04.2023

## Medical Waste

## 5188.   SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL: SHRI SANJAY SETH:

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

- (a) whether medical waste is increasing in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  medical  waste  output  in  the  country  during  the  last  two  years, State-wise;
- (c) the details of the action proposed to be taken by the Government for the disposal of the said medical waste;
- (d) whether the Government has carried out any assessment of the pollution caused by PPE Kits, masks and other materials used for prevention of COVID-19 during Corona period, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of the action taken by the Government for proliferation of medical waste in view of the large threat it poses to environment?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND

CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) &(b) The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has informed that the bio-medical waste generation (BMW) in the country has increased from 490 tonnes per day (TPD) in 2016 to 678 TPD in 2021. Further, the State/Union Territory (UT) -wise generation for the year 2020 and 2021 is annexed.
- (c) to(e) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the BMW Management  Rules,  2016  under  Environment  (Protection)  Act,  1986  which  stipulates provisions  for  scientific  treatment  and  disposal  of  BMW  in  an  environmentally  sound manner. Further, CPCB has issued following guidelines to facilitate the stakeholders in effective implementation of the BMWM Rules, 2016:
-  Guidelines  for  Monitoring  Performance  of  Common  BMW  Treatment  Facilities (CBWTFs)  by  State  Pollution  Control  Boards/Pollution  Control  Committees (SPCBs/ PCCs)
-  Guidelines for Handling,  treatment and  disposal of waste generated during treatment, diagnostics and quarantine of COVID-19 patients
-  Guidelines  for  "Imposition  of  Environmental  Compensation  against  Healthcare Facilities (HCF) and CBWTFs"
-  Guidelines  for  Verification  of  Two  Seconds  Residence  Time  in  Secondary Combustion Chamber of the BMW Incinerator
-  Guidelines for Handling of BMW for Utilization
-  Guidelines for Management of BMW in HCFs as per BMW Management Rules, 2016
-  Guidelines for Bar Code System for Effective Management of BMW
-  Revised Guidelines for CBWTFs
-  Environmentally Sound Management of Mercury Waste Generated from HCFs

To  address  the  pollution  caused  by  PPE  Kits,  masks  and  other  materials  used  for prevention of COVID-19 during Corona period, CPCB has prepared separate guidelines for  Handling,  treatment  and  disposal  of  waste  generated  during  treatment,  diagnostics and quarantine of COVID-19 Patients, which stipulates method for disposal of COVID19 BMW in line with provisions of BMW Management Rules, 2016. The CPCB has also developed  a  mobile  application,  namely,  COVID-19BWM  to  track  COVID-19  BMW generation,  which  estimated  COVID-19  BMW  generation  of  approximately  27,354 Tonnes and 29,198 Tonnes, in the year 2020 and 2021 respectively.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (a)&(b) OF LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5188  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  03/04/2023REGARDING  'MEDICAL  WASTE'  RAISED  BY HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI  HANUMAN  BENIWAL  AND  SHRI  SANJAY SETH

State/ UT-wise BMW Generation

| S.No.   | States/ Union Territory           |   BMWGeneration Year 2021 (Kg/day) |   BMWGeneration Year 2020 (Kg/day) |
|---------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman Nicobar                   |                                543 |                                536 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                    |                              19720 |                              25029 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                 |                                348 |                                354 |
| 4       | Assam                             |                               8421 |                               8236 |
| 5       | Bihar                             |                              20549 |                              27846 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                        |                               5374 |                               5729 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                      |                               7907 |                               7234 |
| 8       | Daman-Diu and Dadra& Nagar Haveli |                                554 |                                450 |
| 9       | Delhi                             |                              25828 |                              23200 |
| 10      | Goa                               |                               1129 |                               1273 |
| 11      | Gujarat                           |                              52800 |                              49492 |
| 12      | Haryana                           |                              21436 |                              19217 |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh                  |                               4130 |                               3546 |
| 14      | Jharkhand                         |                               7524 |                               8407 |
| 15      | Jammu and Kashmir                 |                               7664 |                               5942 |
| 16      | Karnataka                         |                              77639 |                              82604 |
| 17      | Kerala                            |                              61136 |                              40408 |
| 18      | Ladakh                            |                                 35 |                                 43 |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                       |                                 87 |                               1137 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh                    |                              19754 |                              20009 |
| 21      | Maharashtra                       |                              80314 |                              82146 |
| 22      | Manipur                           |                               1166 |                                922 |
| 23      | Meghalaya                         |                               1287 |                               1557 |
| 24      | Mizoram                           |                                804 |                                863 |
| 25      | Nagaland                          |                               1007 |                                892 |
| 26      | Odisha                            |                              16168 |                              15304 |
| 27      | Puducherry                        |                               4639 |                               4360 |
| 28      | Punjab                            |                              18490 |                              16998 |
| 29      | Rajasthan                         |                              19170 |                              18912 |
| 30      | Sikkim                            |                                545 |                                478 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                        |                              45216 |                              35270 |
| 32      | Telangana                         |                              24235 |                              23810 |
| 33      | Tripura                           |                               1940 |                               3853 |
| 34      | Uttarakhand                       |                               6891 |                               7617 |
| 35      | Uttar Pradesh                     |                              71264 |                              64038 |
| 36      | West Bengal                       |                              42287 |                              43513 |
|         | Total (Tonnes per day)            |                                678 |                                651 |

(Source:CPCB)

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