Lok Sabha Question No. 1787 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Global Greenhouse Emissions from Chemical and Petrochemical Industries
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Anumula Revanth Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1787

TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023

## Global Greenhouse Emissions from Chemical and Petrochemical Industries

## 1787. SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any survey on the extent of contribution of the chemical and petrochemical industries to the  global  greenhouse  gas emissions and climate change during the last five years and if so, the details thereof, year-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  the  waste  management  practices  adopted  by  the  chemical  and petrochemical  industries,  especially  for  the  disposal  of  plastics  and  other  nonbiodegradable products in the country;
- (c) the  number  of  chemical  and  petrochemical  industries  that  have  been  found  to  be violating the environmental norms and guidelines during the last five years, year-wise; and
- (d) the details of the action taken by the Government and other authorities against them?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) As a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), India  periodically  submits  its  National  Communications  (NCs)  and  Biennial  Update  Reports (BURs), which includes national Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory. As per India's latest Biennial Update Report submitted to UNFCCC, GHG emissions from chemical industries in 2016 was 27.34 million tonnes CO2e.
- (b) Chemical and petrochemical industries generally generate hazardous wastes viz. process residues,  sludge  from  effluent  treatment  plants,  spent  acid,  spent  catalyst,  empty  barrels  of hazardous chemicals, etc. The  hazardous  waste  generating  units are required to obtain authorization from the respective State Pollution Control Board / Pollution Control Committee under the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016. The Industries  are  required  to  carry  out  management  and  disposal  of  hazardous  wastes  as  per conditions stipulated in the authorization.

Plastic  Waste  Management  Rules,  2016  as  amended  in  2022  includes  'Guidelines  on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastic packaging' in the Schedule II of the Rules. As per EPR Guidelines, the producers, importers and brand owners are to ensure processing of plastic packaging waste through recycling, reuse, or end of life disposal such as co-processing, waste-toenergy, waste-to-oil, roadmaking, and industrial composting.

(c)  &  (d)  The  MoEFCC  has  notified  emission  and  effluent  discharge  standards  for  various chemical and petrochemical units. Accordingly, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has conducted compliance inspection of 155 chemical and 11 petrochemical industries for verification of emission and effluent discharge standards during last five years (2018 - 2023). Out of the 166 inspections carried out by CPCB from 2018 till 2023, total of 71 violations have been reported, against which CPCB has taken action including issue of show cause notices and closure directions.

In addition, MoEFCC  has taken appropriate action based on non-compliance of environmental  clearance  conditions  as  per  compliance  reports  submitted  by  the  Ministry's Regional  Offices.  Based  on  these  reports  show  cause  notices  have  been  issued  to  respective companies for violations in 23 projects during 2021 to 2023.

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