Lok Sabha Question No. 2909 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Assessment of Solid Waste Management Efficiency
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Feroze Varun Gandhi, Thalikkottai Rajuthevar Baalu

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2909

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## Assessment of Solid Waste Management Efficiency

2909.  SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI: SHRI T.R. BAALU:

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

- (a) whether the  Government has assessed the solidwaste management efficiency in the country, and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  breakdown  of  the  progress  achieved  insource  segregation  in  households,  Statewise details thereof; and
- (c) India's progress in meeting SustainableDevelopment Goal-12;
- (d) whether it is a fact that the Central PollutionControl Board (CPCB) hardly monitors State Pollution Control Boards for implementation of SolidWaste Management Rules, 2016 brought inby the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change; and
- (e) if so, the remedial steps taken/proposed to betaken by the Government to address this major issue, if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) & (b): As per the Annual Report of Central Pollution Control Board, in 2019-20, the total quantity of solid waste generated in the country was 150761 Tonnes PerDay (TPD) of which 145957TPD of waste was collected,of which, 70881 TPD of waste was treated and 40952 TPD waslandfilled. The state-wise status on solid waste management is given at Annexure. As per Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules 2016, every waste generator has to segregate and store solid waste in three separate streams namely bio-degradable, non-biodegradable and domestic hazardous wastes and handover segregated wastes to authorised waste pickers  or waste collectors as per the direction or notification by the local authorities from time to time. Under Swachh Bharat Mission, 100 % door to door collection is being practised in 86,972 wards in the country.

(c):  There  are  two  Sustainable  Development  Goal  (SDG)  indicators  related  to  Ministry  of Environment  Forest  and  Climate  Change  for  Goal  12  viz.  (i)  SDG  12.4.1:  Whether  the country has ratified international Multilateral Environmental Agreements on hazardous waste and other chemicals and (ii) SDG 12.4.2: (a) Hazardous waste generated per capita; and (b) proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment.

As per the latest version of SDG National Indicator Framework (NIF), the progress of India for both the SDG is in positive direction. India has reduced the generation of per capita hazardous waste to 189.47(MT/person) from 201.45 (MT/person) in 2018-19 as compared to 2017-18 and the proportion of hazardous waste treated has increased to  0.56  from  0.51  in 2018-19 as compared to 2017-18.

(d) & (e): As per Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, the Central Pollution Control Board prepares and submits the annual report on the implementation of these rules to the Ministry based  upon  the  information  received  from  State  Pollution  Control  Board/Pollution  Control Committee. These reports are available on the website of CPCB.

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