Lok Sabha Question No. 483 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-06
Subject: Sustainable Waste Management Practices
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 483 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 06, 2025

## SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

## NO. 483. SHRI TEJASVI SURYA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is working with Municipal Corporations across the country to handle waste management in a more sustainable manner and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  initiatives  undertaken  in  this  regard  along  with  the  financial assistance provided per year;
- (c) the number  of projects supported by  the  Government  on  waste management along with the details of such projects and the financial outlay; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  undertaken  any  initiative  at  the  Central level to provide policy direction and facilitate cross-learning on waste management and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

(a) to (c) : Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) is being implemented by all States through their Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to attain 100% scientific processing  of  municipal  solid  waste  by  promoting  municipal  solid  waste management,  capacity  building initiatives, IEC and behavioural  change campaigns  and  creating  necessary  infrastructure  for  filling  gaps  in  waste processing capacities. For that, States/Union Territories prepare and submit the City Solid Waste Action Plan (CSWAP) for management of solid waste and remediation of existing legacy waste dumpsites to claim funds.

Central Financial Assistance  is provided for setting up of  waste processing  facilities  such  as  Material  Recovery  Facilities  (MRFs),  transfer stations, composting plants, Construction and Demolition (C&D) and waste to energy  plants  including  waste  to  electricity,  bio-methanation  plants  etc.  to States/UTs on the basis of their needs decide suitable types of SWM plants. The Central Share funds under SBM-U 2.0 are released to the States which further distributes funds along with the State Share to the ULBs as per their action plan.

Under SBM - U, the total financial outlay of the States and UTs for the entire Mission Period is ₹62,009 Cr, including committed Central Assistance of ₹14,623 Cr. Under SBM - U 2.0, the total financial outlay of the States and UTs for the Mission Period is ₹1,41,600 Cr, including committed Central Assistance of ₹36,465 Cr. Year-wise detail of financial assistance since 2 nd  October, 2014 provided to States/UTs under SBM-U is annexed as Annexure.  Details of all the projects under SBM-U reported by States/UTs are available at  SBM-U, MoHUA portal https://sbmurban.org/swachh-bharat-mission-progess.

(d): To  support  the  States/ULBs  efforts  to  plan,  design  and  execute  the sanitation and solid waste management projects in the urban areas, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) supplements the efforts of States/UTs by providing policy directions, financial and technical support by sharing Manuals/Standard of Procedures (SoPs) on Solid Waste Management and issue various  Advisories  &  Guidelines  from  time  to  time  for  choosing  appropriate technologies to manage solid waste. The selection of treatment technologies is open to ULBs/State Governments.

For Capacity Building and Knowledge sharing, MoHUA has setup a Centre of Excellence (CoE) dedicated to urban sanitation and waste management in India  was  established  at  IIM  Indore.  In  addition,  institutions  have  been empanelled as Swachhata Knowledge Partners (SKPs) to provide support to States and cities in planning and implementation of SBM-U 2.0.  In addition to that, the Capacity Building Framework also provides for peer-to-peer learning inter-city  exposure  visits,  promoting  Start-Ups  to  fuel  innovation,  promoting SHGs and informal sector into scientific waste management, various training, etc.  Out of total Mission outlay, 3% has been earmarked for capacity building. Under SBMU Central Share of funds of Rs. 609.27 crore were earmarked f or capacity building component which has been increased to 2118.20 crore more than three times under SBM-U 2.0.

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Annexure

Annexure referred in reply of part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 483 due for reply on 06.02.2025 regarding 'Sustainable Waste Management Practices' Details of financial assistance provided to States/UTs under SBM-U

(Rs. in Crores)

| Financial Year   | Fund released to States/UTs   |
|------------------|-------------------------------|
| 2014-2015        | 859.48                        |
| 2015-2016        | 1108.09                       |
| 2016- 2017       | 2137.24                       |
| 2017 -2018       | 2540.60                       |
| 2018- 2019       | 2509.73                       |
| 2019 -2020       | 1298.59                       |
| 2020-2021        | 1000.22                       |
| 2021-2022        | 1969.20                       |
| 2022-2023        | 1934.50                       |
| 2023-2024        | 2392.49                       |
| 2024-2025        | 1381.43 (as on 25.01.2025)    |