Lok Sabha Question No. 599 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-06
Subject: Management of Waste, Garbage and Sewage
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 599 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 06, 2025

## MANAGEMENT OF WASTE, GARBAGE AND SEWAGE

NO. 599. SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

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

- (a) whether the management of waste, garbage and sewage is becoming a serious issue in the urban areas of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the action taken/being taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government provides any financial and technical assistance to the States for the establishment of waste and sewage treatment plants and if so, the details thereof during the last five years and the current year, year, city and State-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to assess/evaluate the progress of action taken by the States in this regard and if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) & (b): To deal with various issues concerning garbage, waste and sewage,  Government  has  launched  the  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  -Urban (SBM-U) on October 2, 2014 and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) in 500 cities on June 25, 2015.

To carry forward the work done on ground in Phase-I, Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) 2.0 has been launched on October 1 st , 2021 for a period of five years, up to October 1, 2026, with a vision of achieving safe sanitation and scientific processing of municipal solid waste in all cities.

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AMRUT 2.0 has been launched on 1 st  October 2021 to make cities 'self-reliant' and 'water secure'. AMRUT 2.0 will extend the ease of living by up-scaling universal coverage in water supply from 500 cities to all statutory towns in the country.

- (c): Central Share (CS) assistance under SBM-U 2.0 has been given to States/UTs for establishing of various types of MSW management plants like,  Waste-to-Compost  (WtC),  Waste-to-Energy  (WtE),  Bio-methanation, Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) and legacy waste dumpsites remediation, etc. The details of budget provision for SBM-U and SBM-U 2.0 is given as under:

|                       | (₹in     | crores)   |
|-----------------------|----------|-----------|
| SBM-U (2014-2021)     | 62,009   | 14,623    |
| SBM-U 2.0 (2021-2026) | 1,41,600 | 36,465    |

Under SBM-U and SBM-U 2.0 Central Share of funds are released to the States/UTs and not to the cities. Hence, city-wise details of funds are not maintained at MoHUA. Further, funds under SBM-U are allocated for the entire mission period and not on yearly basis.

Under sewerage and septage management sector of AMRUT, 889 projects worth ₹34,501 crore have been grounded of which work worth ₹32,175  crore have  been  physically  executed.  Under  AMRUT  2.0, Sewerage and septage management sector, so far  592  projects  worth ₹67,649 crore which covers creation/augmentation of 6,739 MLD sewage treatment plant capacity & 2,089 MLD for recycle/reuse.

For  technical  assistance  to  States/ULBs,  Ministry  of  Housing  & Urban Affairs  (MoHUA)  has  brought  out  the  Manuals  on  Sewerage  and Sewage Treatment Systems and Solid Waste Management and also issued various Advisories and Guidelines for choosing appropriate technologies to manage sewage and solid waste. In addition, capacity building of field officials is being taken up regularly.

- (d): Monitoring  of  these  schemes  is  done  through  review  at  various levels  of  the  information  submitted  by  States/Union  Territories  on progress and through field visits. Additionally, the 'Swachh Survekshan' survey conducted annually under SBM-U through third party assessment to evaluate the cleanliness status and progress in implementation of SBMU in cities.

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