Lok Sabha Question No. 2357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-04
Subject: Disposal of Hazardous Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Patel Umeshbhai Babubhai

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2357

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2025

## Disposal of Hazardous Waste

## 2357.  SHRI PATEL UMESHBHAI BABUBHAI:

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

- (a) the  number  of  manufacturing  industries  in  the  Union  Territory  of  Dadra and  Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu with annual turnover of Rs 100 crore or more along with the details of their location, district-wise and major business activities;
- (b) the details of the number of such industries emit toxic and hazardous waste as a result of their operations and the amount of hazardous waste during the last five years, districtwise;
- (c) the steps taken by these industries to ensure safe disposal of hazardous waste as per Hazardous  and  Other  Wastes  (Management  and  Transboundary  Movement)  Rules, 2016 along with the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of steps taken by the Government to monitor and assess the efficacy of safe disposal mechanisms in the industries in UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a) to (d) Government of India has notified the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management  and Transboundary Movement)  Rules, 2016 (HOWM  Rule,  2016)  in supersession  of  the  earlier  Hazardous  Waste  (Management,  Handling  &  Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008, under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. As per the said rules, the  handling,  generation,  collection,  storage,  packaging,  transportation, use,  treatment, processing, recycling, recovery, pre-processing, co-processing,  utilisation,  offering for  sale, transfer or disposal of the hazardous and other waste are to be carried out only after obtaining an authorization from the concerned State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)/Pollution Control Committee (PCC) and in accordance with the procedures laid down under the Rule 6 of the said Rules.

As per the provision laid down under Rule 20 of the said Rules, any person who is generating or handling the hazardous waste have to maintain date wise records of hazardous waste generation and management in the Specified Format and submit the annual return of the same  to  concerned  SPCB/PCC.  The  concerned  SPCB/PCC  are  required  to  prepare  annual inventory  of  the  waste  generated,  recycled,  utilized,  disposed,  etc.  for  the  respective

States/Union  Territories  (UTs)  and  submit  the  same  to  Central  Pollution  Control  Board (CPCB). As per the information received from Pollution Control Committee, DNH & DD, there are 2750 hazardous waste generating units in Daman and Diu & Dadra and Nagar Haveli generating 54,403 MT of hazardous waste in year 2024-25. Out of 54,403 MT hazardous waste generated, 10,259.56 MT has been recycled and 43,818 MT has been disposed of. DD & DNH, PCC has not submitted the Annual Inventory to CPCB for the year 2020-21, 2021-22, 202223 and 2023-24.

There is one integrated Common Hazardous Waste Treatment Storage and Disposal Facility  (CHWTSDF)  having  Secured  Land  fill  (capacity  of  2,00,000  MT/Annum)  and incinerator (capacity of 1 Ton/hour) in the UT of DD & DNH for disposal of hazardous and other  wastes  in  environmentally  sound  manner.  The  copy  of  the  National  Inventory  of Hazardous Wastes Generating Industries & Hazardous Wastes Management in India prepared by CPCB annually based on the annual inventory submitted by the SPCB/PCC is available on CPCB website at https://cpcb.nic.in/inventory/

Further, Rule 21 read with Schedule VII of the said rules stipulates duties of various agencies  such  as  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change,  CPCB,  State Government/Union Territory Government/Administration, SPCB/PCC, Directorate General of Foreign  Trade,  Port  Authority  &  Custom  Authority.  As  per  the  said  schedule,  concerned SPCB/PCC  are  entrusted  with  various  responsibilities  including  Grant  and  renewal  of authorization,  inventorisation  of  hazardous  and  other  wastes,  monitoring  of  compliance  of various provisions of the said rules and take action against violations of these rules etc.

As  per  the  information  received  from  Pollution  Control  Committee,  DNH  &  DD,  they ensure  safe  disposal  of  hazardous  waste  through  robust  scrutiny,  vital  documentation,  and inspection  of  the  units.  Furthermore,  units  that  generate  hazardous  waste  are  mandated  to submit  either  their  CHWTSDF  Membership  or  Authorized  Recycler's  documentation,  as applicable, to ensure compliance with the provisions stipulated under the Hazardous and Other Waste (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016, as amended from time to time. Additionally, the Pollution Control Committee, DNH & DD, issues Show Cause Notices, Closure  Directions,  and  levies  Environmental  Compensation  on  non-complying  industries whenever violations are observed.

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