Lok Sabha Question No. 3198 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-21
Subject: Waste Processing Rates
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shardaben Anilbhai Patel, Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 21, 2023

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3198 WASTE PROCESSING RATES

NO. 3198 SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL: SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI):

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

- (a) the  waste  processing  rates  and  percentage  of  municipal  solid waste being processed in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  initiatives  implemented  by  Government  to  tackle  the  lower waste processing rates in certain States;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  identified  the  specific  obstacles faced  by  the  States  in  achieving  higher  waste  processing  rates;
- and
- (d) if  so, the details thereof and the action being taken to overcome these challenges?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a) : Government of India launched the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) on October 2, 2014 with the objective Open Defecation Free (ODF)  and  for    scientific  processing  of  Municipal  Solid  Waste  (MSW) generated  in  the  urban  areas  of  the  country.  To  carry  forward  the progress made, Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM-U) 2.0 has been launched on October 1, 2021 for a period of five years with a vision of achieving Garbage Free Status for all  cities  through  100%  source  segregation, door to door collection and scientific management of all fractions of waste including safe disposal in scientific landfills. It is also aims at remediation  of  all  legacy  dumpsites  and  converting  them  into  green zones.  As  on  date,  out  of  total  waste  generated  i.e.  1.5  lakh  MT/D, 76.49% is processed. The State-wise detail of the waste produced and

processed  as  per  reporting  by  Cities  and  States  on  MIS  portal  is annexed.

- (b)  to  (d):  Sanitation  is  a  State  subject  under  7th  schedule  of  the constitution. The 74th constitutional amendment mandates the setting up  and  devolution  of  powers  to  Urban  Local  Bodies  (ULBs)  as  the lowest unit of governance in cities and towns. However,  in view of the various  challenges  faced  by  cities  in  efficient  municipal  solid  waste management  (MSWM), various forms of support is being provided by Government of India, inter-alia:
- (i) Additional  Central  Assistance  (ACA)  at  varying  rates  of  25%, 33%  and  50%  for  different  population  category  of  cities  for setting up of waste processing facilities such as compost, biomethanation, waste-to-energy, Material Recovery Facility (MRF), Construction & Demolition Waste processing, dumpsite remediation, etc to increase the waste processing rates.
- (ii) Technical support is being provided by way  of manuals, advisories, designs, protocols covering all aspects of planning, designing and operation and maintenance of waste management.
- (iii) Funds for Capacity Building (CB) are provided to State and cities to create institutional capacity to effectively implement programmatic interventions to achieve mission objectives.
- (iv) Funds  for  IEC  is  also  provided  to  State  and  cities  to  ensure awareness  creation  alongwith  large  scale  citizen  outreach  to intensify 'Jan Andolan' and institutionalize swachh behavior and related set of actions, towards achieving the vision of Garbage Free cities.
- (v) The 'Swachh Survekshan' launched by Government has encouraged  a  spirit  of  healthy  competition  between  cities  to compete for achieving improved cleanliness in cities. In addition, annual certification of ODF, ODF+, ODF++ and Water+ is done to prevent sanitation slippages. Similarly, for assessment of waste management, Star Rating Assessment is also done annually.

Annexure Annexure referred in reply of part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  3198  due  for  reply  on  21.12.2023  regarding  'Waste  Processing

## Rates'

|   S. No. | State/UT                           | Waste Generation (in TPD)   |   Waste Processed (in TPD) |
|----------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | Chandigarh                         | 533                         |                     533    |
|        2 | Chhattisgarh                       | 1,625                       |                    1625    |
|        3 | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 60                          |                      60    |
|        4 | Tripura                            | 321                         |                     317.79 |
|        5 | Goa                                | 180                         |                     176.4  |
|        6 | Madhya Pradesh                     | 6,859                       |                    6516.05 |
|        7 | Maharashtra                        | 23,563                      |                   22384.8  |
|        8 | Telangana                          | 10,561                      |                    9927.34 |
|        9 | Gujarat                            | 10,187                      |                    9372.04 |
|       10 | Punjab                             | 3,852                       |                    3505.32 |
|       11 | A&N Islands                        | 62                          |                      55.18 |
|       12 | Karnataka                          | 9,090                       |                    8090.1  |
|       13 | Jammu and Kashmir                  | 1,176                       |                    1034.88 |
|       14 | Odisha                             | 1,814                       |                    1596.32 |
|       15 | Uttar Pradesh                      | 18,072                      |                   15722.6  |
|       16 | Andhra Pradesh                     | 6,358                       |                    5467.88 |
|       17 | Delhi                              | 10,550                      |                    9073    |
|       18 | Kerala                             | 2,232                       |                    1830.24 |
|       19 | Manipur                            | 217                         |                     173.6  |
|       20 | Haryana                            | 5,448                       |                    3813.6  |
|       21 | Tamil Nadu                         | 15,149                      |                   10301.3  |
|       22 | Jharkhand                          | 2,006                       |                    1303.9  |
|       23 | Uttarakhand                        | 2,023                       |                    1274.49 |
|       24 | Himachal Pradesh                   | 886                         |                     345.54 |
|       25 | Mizoram                            | 167                         |                      63.46 |
|       26 | Assam                              | 1,174                       |                     422.64 |
|       27 | Sikkim                             | 70                          |                      24.5  |
|       28 | Rajasthan                          | 7,727                       |                    2472.64 |
|       29 | Bihar                              | 5,937                       |                    1365.51 |
|       30 | Meghalaya                          | 206                         |                      39.14 |
|       31 | West Bengal                        | 7,876                       |                     787.6  |
|       32 | Puducherry                         | 362                         |                      25.34 |
|       33 | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 130                         |                       6.5  |
|       34 | Nagaland                           | 54                          |                       1.08 |
|       35 | Ladakh UT                          | 9                           |                       0    |

(Source: Reports by ULBs on Swachhatam Portal, of MoHUA)

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