Lok Sabha Question No. 1959 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Solid and Liquid Waste Management
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b)  The  details  of  Research  and  Development  Projects  sanctioned  in  solid  and  liquid  waste management under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan/Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) during last 3 years and current year is at Annexure-1.

## Government of India

## Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1959 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10-12-2015

## Solid and Liquid Waste Management

## 1959. SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government undertakes and encourages research and development in solid and liquid waste management; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof, including funds allocated and utilised for the purpose during the last three years and the current year, institution-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

(SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

Annexure-1

## Statement referred in part (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.1959 due for reply on 10-12-2015 The details of Research and Development Projects sanctioned in solid and liquid waste management under Nirmal Bharat

## Abhiyan/Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) during last 3 years and current year

(Amount in Rupees)

|   S.No | Name of Project                                                                                                                            | Name of Institution                                                                     | Approved Amount of Project cost   | Date of approval of the project   | Fund released so far   |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------|
|      1 | Research Project titled 'Development of effective Decentralized Sewage Treatment system for rural communities                              | IIT Roorkee                                                                             | Rs.14,45,000/-                    | 17.02.2011                        | 14,45,000/-            |
|      2 | Research Project titled 'Management of solid waste(kitchen waste) by employing rapid composting technique' F.No.W-11035/03/2010- CRSP(R&D) | IIT Delhi                                                                               | Rs.13,42,000/-                    | 08.03.2011                        | 10,69,252/-            |
|      3 | Project titled Potential of aerobic digestion(composting) and anaerobic digestion of Kitchen Waste                                         | IIT Guwahati                                                                            | Rs.20,79,880/-                    | 12.12. 2011                       | 14,26,600/-            |
|      4 | R&D project stabilization of ponds in Anand District, Gujarat by Rural Development Foundation, Anand, Gujarat. F.No.W-11042/46/2013- NBA.  | Rural Development Foundation, Anand, Gujarat                                            | Rs.39,37,500/-                    | 05.08.2014                        | 19,68,750/-            |
|      5 | Study on the enhancement of the efficiency of Biomethonization plant using Cow Dung, Kitchen waste, food waste and human waste             | Society for Community Organization and People's Education, Thiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu | Rs. 12,28,800/-                   | 26.10.2015                        | 4,91,520               |